“…FTIR fingerprints of seven Iranian Thymus species, combined with regression tools (i.e. PCR, iPLS, and PLS), were used to predict the antioxidant activity, while PLS-DA and PCA-DA served to classify the samples according to their chemical profiles [76]. The FT-NIR fingerprints of Hydrastis canadensis (goldenseal), combined with MW-PCA and SIMCA, allowed discriminating pure goldenseal from 4 common adulterants (yellow dock, yellow root, coptis, oregon grape) [77].…”