Quantitative detection of adulteration in brown Sumac (Rhus coriaria) powder using hyperspectral imaging and machine learning

Kishani Farahani, Esmat; Shojaeilangari, Seyedehsamaneh; Basiri, Alireza

doi:10.22104/ift.2026.8058.2259

Quantitative detection of adulteration in brown Sumac (Rhus coriaria) powder using hyperspectral imaging and machine learning

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

Esmat Kishani Farahani ¹

Seyedehsamaneh Shojaeilangari ²

Alireza Basiri ³

¹ Department of Electrical and Information Technology, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST)

² Biomedical Engineering Group, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST)

³ Department of Chemical Technologies, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST)

10.22104/ift.2026.8058.2259

چکیده

This study explores the potential of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) combined with machine learning for the non-destructive detection of ghoore (unripe grape) adulteration in brown sumac, a medicinally and economically valuable spice vulnerable to quality degradation. Samples with adulteration levels of 5%, 20%, 35%, 50%, and 100% were analyzed. Hyperspectral images were acquired and processed using spatial segmentation and Savitzky–Golay filtering to extract informative spectral features. Classification models including Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) were employed for both binary (pure vs. adulterated) and six-class (specific adulteration levels) classification. The SVM model achieved the highest accuracy, with 99.00% for binary classification and 94.55% for six-class classification. Key discriminative features identified through RF and XGBoost analysis included phase-related components, fractal dimension, and the area under the curve (AUC) in the 700–900 nm spectral range. The results demonstrate that the integration of HSI and machine learning enables a rapid, non-destructive, and reliable method for detecting sumac adulteration, offering significant potential for food quality assurance applications.

چکیده تصویری

Quantitative detection of adulteration in brown Sumac (Rhus coriaria) powder using hyperspectral imaging and machine learning

تازه های تحقیق

· Non-destructive detection of ghoore adulteration in brown sumac by HSI and ML.

· Tested adulteration levels: 5%, 20%, 35%, 50%, and pure sumac.

· SVM model accuracy: 99% binary, 94.55% six-class prediction.

· Key spectral features in 700–900 nm identified by RF and XGBoost.

· Rapid, reliable solution for spice authenticity and quality control.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Hyperspectral imaging

Machine learning

Feature extraction

Multi-class classification

Adulteration detection

Brown Sumac

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