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. 2012 Mar 21;7:1–12. doi: 10.4137/ACI.S8946

Table 1.

PLS correlation between data of reference analysis and NMR spectra of sage products (separately for tinctures and teas, 1D NOESY experiments).

Parameter Reference range NMR range PLS factors Calibration Validation


RMSEa R2 RMSE R2
Ethanol-containing medicines
Camphor (mg/L) 0–883 0–3 6 16 0.98 32 0.94
FC 0.6–40 0–3 5 13 0.94 19 0.90
Herbal teas (water infusions)
Camphor (mg/L) 1.5–55 0–3 4 2.4 0.79 2.87 0.76
FC 5–15 0–3 7 0.27 0.99 1.63 0.69
ORAC (mmol trolox equivalents/100 mL) 0.4–1.4 0–3 4 0.03 0.98 0.11 0.76
Luteolin-7-O-glucuronide (mg/L) 37–100 6–10 7 4.3 0.98 14 0.72
Sum of flavone glycosides (mg/L) 52–130 6–10 8 0.46 0.99 13 0.86
Sum of rosmarinic acid derivatives (mg/L) 23–208 0–10 4 9.0 0.98 15 0.91
Sum of carnosol derivatives (mg/L) 33–53 0–10 5 0.8 0.99 5.4 0.71

Note:

a

Root-mean squared error.