Validation and Comparison of Formol and FT-IR Methods for Assimilable Nitrogen in Vine Grapes
Abstract
In this study, two methods used to evaluate assimilable nitrogen in grape juice were compared, namely:the formol method and the Fοurier-transform mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectroscopy. At the outset the
formol method was validated in the laboratory by determining parameters such as precision, accuracy
and trueness. Parallel recovery studies were conducted with a model solution and natural grape juice for
ammonium and arginine. Average recoveries of ammonium for the formol titration ranged from 77%
to 88% and for arginine from 90% to 97%. The repeatability and the intra laboratory reproducibility
were ±6.4 and ±31.7 (mg/L of nitrogen) respectively. Formol titration was used as the reference method
for the calibration of FT-MIR spectroscopy to determine the assimilable nitrogen in grape juice. Grape
juice samples (n=71) for 7 red and 7 white varieties from the Lisbon region in Portugal were analyzed
simultaneously by using the formol method and Fοurier-transform mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectroscopy.
The results of this study demonstrated that it is possible to explore the applicability of FT-ÎœIR technology
to detect the assimilable nitrogen in grape juice for quantification purposes. The correlation coefficient
(R2=0. 993), standard prediction error (SEP; 6.4 mg/L) and the RPD or standard deviation of the data/
standard error of prediction value (Sd/Se; 7.8) proved satisfactory for the calibration of the instrument.
In addition, the results obtained by FT-MIR spectroscopy were comparable to those obtained when using
the reference method.
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