Characterisation and prediction of carbohydrate content in zucchini fruit using near infrared spectroscopy

Zucchini fruit plays an important part in healthy nutrition due to its high content of carbohydrates. Recent studies have demonstrated the feasibility of visible-NIRS to predict quality profile. However, this procedure has not been applied to determine carbohydrates.Visible-NIR and wet chemical methods were used to determine individual sugars and starch in zucchini fruits. By applying a principal component analysis (PCA) with NIR spectral data a...