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Targeted lipidomics coupled with machine learning for authenticating the provenance of chicken eggs
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Targeted lipidomics coupled with machine learning for authenticating the provenance of chicken eggs

S-T Chin, G. Hoerlendsberger, K. W. Wong, S. Li, S-H Bong, L. Whiley, J. Wist, R. Masuda, J. Greeff, E. Holmes, …
Food chemistry, Vol.410, 135366
2023
PMID: 36641906
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Abstract

Authenticity Chemometrics Eggs Lipidomics Machine learning Ultra performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
•A simple lipid extraction of chicken egg yolks was developed for LC-MS/MS analysis. •937 lipid species from 20 major lipid subclasses were characterized in egg yolk. •Statistical modeling was used to classify the types of conventional chicken eggs. •Cage, barn, and free-range eggs can be differentiated based on lipid profile. •Eggs from caged birds can be accurately predicted based on the lipidomic signature. Free-range eggs are ethically desirable but as with all high-value commercial products, the establishment of provenance can be problematic. Here, we compared a simple one-step isopropanol method to a two-step methyl-tert-butyl ether method for extracting lipid species in chicken egg yolks before liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis. The isopropanol method extracted 937 lipid species from 20 major lipid subclasses with high reproducibility (CV < 30 %). Machine learning techniques could differentiate conventional cage, barn, and free-range eggs using an external test dataset with an accuracy of 0.94, 0.82, and 0.82, respectively. Lipid species that differentiated cage eggs were predominantly phosphocholines and phosphoethanolamines whilst the free-range egg lipidomes were dominated by acylglycerides with up to three fatty acids. The lipid profiles were found to be characteristic of the cage, barns, and free-range eggs. The lipidomic analysis together with the statistical modeling approach thus provides an efficient tool for verifying the provenance of conventional chicken eggs.

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2 Chemistry
2.211 Mass Spectrometry
2.211.990 Metabolomics
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Chemistry, Applied
Food Science & Technology
Nutrition & Dietetics
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Agricultural Sciences
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