Identification
of Edible Bird’s Nest with Amino
Acid and Monosaccharide Analysis
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Abstract
This study describes the approach
of amino acid and monosaccharide
combined with Hotelling T2 range plot to identify edible bird nests
(EBN) and non-EBN. Prior to the approach, an analytical method was
developed and validated to quantify monosaccharides in EBN. Hotelling
T2 range plots of both compounds were successful in predicting the
different types of EBN and differentiating EBN and non-EBN. This outcome
suggests EBN contains a group of glycoproteins which is not affected
by the EBN’s coloration, country of origin, and/or the processing
method of the food item. In addition, the glycoproteins were shown
to be unique to EBN. EBN were revealed to be rich in protein and essential
amino acids as well as contain a wider variety of monosaccharides
than most food items. The overall findings suggest that amino acid
and monosaccharide provide information not only on the detected compounds
and also insights into the glycoproteins of EBN