Warmer conditions under climate change will alter plant, flower and fruit development in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.). Most of the studies examining the relationship between soluble solids content (SSC) and temperature have been condu...
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the vegetables widely cultivated in the world, whose fruits are rich in nutrients. Soluble solids content (SSC) is one of the important factors affecting tomato fruit flavor and plays a decisive role in impr...
Proper physical properties and standard chemical properties are among the criteria that consumers use to select fruits. Recently, researchers attempted to develop non-destructive methods for measuring properties, among which the near-infrared (NIR) s...
This study presents a novel application of near infrared (NIR) spectral linearisation for measuring the soluble solids content (SSC) of carambola fruits. NIR spectra were measured using reflectance and interactance methods. In this study, only the in...
Soluble solids content (SSC) in fruits, as one of the key indicators of fruit quality, plays a critical role in postharvest quality assessment and grading. While traditional destructive methods can provide precise measurements of sugar content, they...
Total Soluble Solids (TSS) in tomatoes is a core indicator for evaluating fruit quality and processing characteristics. Its composition mainly consists of soluble sugars (such as fructose and glucose) and organic acids (such as citric acid and malic...
The quality control for fruit maturity inspection is a key issue in fruit packaging and international trade. The quantification of Soluble Solids (SS) in fruits gives a good approximation of the total sugar concentration at the ripe stage, and on the...
Tribute Citru is a natural citrus hybrid with plenty of vitamins and nutrients. Fruits’ soluble solids content (SSC) is a critical quality index. This study used hyperspectral imaging at two spectral ranges (400–1000 nm and 900–1700...
Effectively detecting the quality of blueberries is crucial for ensuring that high-quality products are supplied to the fresh market. This study developed a nondestructive method for determining the soluble solids content (SSC) of blueberry fruit by...
Soluble solids content is the most important attribute related to the quality and price of apples. The objective of this study was to detect the soluble solids content (SSC) in ‘Fuji’ apples using hyperspectral imaging combined with a dee...
Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is widely used for non-destructive detection of fruit quality, but the transferability of NIR models between different fruits is still a challenge. This study investigates the transferability of NIR models from strawb...
The quality of wine largely depends on the quality of wine grapes, which is determined by their chemical composition. Therefore, measuring parameters related to grape ripeness, such as soluble solids content (SSC), is crucial for harvesting high-qual...
Oilseed–vegetable-dual-purpose (OVDP) rapeseed can effectively alleviate the land contradiction between crops and it supplements vegetable supplies in winter or spring. The soluble solids content (SSC) is an important index that is used to evaluate t...
A portable spectrometric system for nondestructive assessment of the soluble solids content (SSC) of fruits for practical applications has been proposed and its performance has been examined by an experiment on quantitative prediction of the SSC of a...
Linear partial least square and non-linear support vector machine regression analysis with various preprocessing techniques and their combinations were used to determine the soluble solids content of hardy kiwi fruits by a handheld, portable near-inf...
This study aimed to assess the post-harvest dynamics of seedless conical and mini-conical pepper cultivars in terms of fruit weight loss, dry matter content, and soluble solid content. The above parameters were demonstrated to be effective commercial...
Soluble solids content (SSC) is an important quality trait of wax gourd, but reports about its regulatory genes are scarce. In this study, the SSC regulatory gene BhSSC2.1 in wax gourd was mined via quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping based on hig...
Total soluble solids (TSS) is a key variable taken into account in determining optimal grape maturity for harvest. In this work, partial least square (PLS) regression models were developed to estimate TSS content for Godello, Verdejo (white), Menc&ia...
The soluble solids content (SSC) of pears is mainly composed of sugars, organic acids, and other soluble substances and is one of the important indices used to measure the sweetness and quality of pear juice. The SSC of pears is mainly composed of su...
Kiwifruit, as a climacteric fruit, undergoes rapid ripening and senescence after harvest, making it highly susceptible to softening, rotting, and spoilage. Therefore, monitoring the key quality parameters of kiwifruit, particularly the accurate detec...
The soluble solids content (SSC) of blueberry is a key index for evaluating its quality. In view of the demand for rapid non-destructive testing of blueberry SSC and the shortcomings of the existing single-variety testing models in cross-variety appl...
Using the framework of aquaphotomics, we have sought to understand the changes within the water structure of kiwifruit juice occurring with changes in temperature. The study focuses on the first (1300–1600 nm) and second (870–1100 nm) ove...
Determination of internal qualities such as total soluble solids (TSS) and pH is a paramount concern in strawberry cultivation. Therefore, the main objective of the current study was to develop a non-destructive approach with machine learning algorit...
Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is an economically important Cucurbitaceae crop grown around the globe. The sweetness of melon is a significant factor in fruit quality and consumer appeal, and the soluble solids content (SSC) is a key index of melon sweetnes...
In this paper we report a method to determine the soluble solids content (SSC) of ‘Rocha’ pear (Pyrus communis L. cv. Rocha) based on their short-wave NIR reflectance spectra (500–1100 nm) measured in conditions similar to those found in packinghouse...
Total soluble solids (TSSs) serve as a crucial maturity indicator and quality determinant in apricots, influencing harvest timing and postharvest management decisions. This study develops an advanced framework integrating adaptive boosting (Adaboost)...
Soluble solids content (SSC) is one of the main quality indicators of apples, and it is important to improve the precision of online SSC detection of whole apple fruit. Therefore, the spectral pre-processing method of spectral-to-spectral ratio (S/S)...
A great interest has recently been focused on lycopene and β-carotene, because of their antioxidant action in the organism. Red-flesh watermelon is one of the main sources of lycopene as the most abundant carotenoid. The use of near-infrared spectros...
To improve the low solubility of poorly water soluble olaparib, in the following study, we prepared olaparib-loaded quaternary solid dispersions with hypromellose, Tween 20 or Labrasol, and colloidal silica. The solubility of olaparib with various ty...
Apigenin (APG), a bioactive flavonoid with promising therapeutic potential, suffers from poor water solubility, which limits its bioavailability. To address this, solid dispersions of APG were prepared using ball milling with sodium alginate (SA), Pl...
A solid solution of rare-earth atoms in the iron matrix is a prerequisite for the microalloying effect in steels. However, to date, there has been considerable controversy regarding whether rare-earth atoms can form solid solutions within the iron ma...
Physicochemical characterization is a crucial step for the successful development of solid dispersions, including the determination of drug crystallinity and molecular interactions. Typically, the detection of molecular interactions will assist in th...
This study aimed to improve the solubility and dissolution of aprepitant, a drug with poor aqueous solubility, using a phosphatidylcholine (PC)-based solid dispersion system. When fabricating the PC-based solid dispersion, we employed mesoporous micr...
The aim of this contribution was to evaluate the impact of processing methods and polymeric carriers on the physicochemical properties of solid dispersions of the poorly soluble drug progesterone (PG). Five polymers: hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HP...
TSSC is one of the most important factors affecting loquat flavor, consumer satisfaction, and market competitiveness. To improve the ability to assess the TSSC of loquats, a method leveraging near-infrared spectroscopy and explainable artificial inte...
In Cu-Cr alloys, the strengthening effects of Cr are severely limited due to the relatively low Cr solid solubility in Cu matrix. In addition, apart from the dissolved Cr, it should be noted that high proportion of Cr in Cu matrix work as the second...
The purpose of this study is to improve the solubility and dissolution of a poorly soluble drug, Irbesartan, using solid dispersion techniques. For that purpose, different polymers such as Soluplus®, Kollidon® VA 64, Kolliphor® P 407, and...
Maltitol (MAL) is a well-known polyol with potential pharmaceutical applications. Unlike other polyols, its utilization as a carrier for solid dispersions (SDs) has not been adequately investigated. This research studied the feasibility of MAL as an...
Loratadine (LRD), a non-sedating and slow-acting antihistamine, is often given in combination with short-onset chlorpheniramine maleate (CPM) to increase efficacy. However, LRD has poor water solubility resulting in low bioavailability. The aim of th...
Honokiol (HK), a well-tolerated natural product, has many multiple pharmacological activities. However, its poor water solubility and low bioavailability limit its clinical application and development. The aim of this research was to prepare the soli...
The goal of this investigation was to determine the effectiveness of hydrophilic polymers in preparing a solid dispersion to enhance the solubility and dissolution of poorly water-soluble drugs, such as curcumin. In order to prepare the solid dispers...
Background/Objectives: This study aims to develop a solid self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS) to enhance the solubility and oral bioavailability of cannabidiol (CBD). Methods: According to the solubility of CBD and pseudo-ternary phase...
To meet market demand for fresh ‘Dinosaur Egg’ Apricot plum and realize effective quality classification, this study developed a non-destructive quality evaluation method using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) with cross-parameter featur...
Plant mucilages are commonly employed as excipients in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae family), a source of hydrophilic mucilage referred herein as Ocicum, was evaluated for the solubility enhancer of a model drug, aceclofen...
(1) Background: Solid dispersion (SD) can help increase the bioavailability of poorly water-soluble drugs. Meanwhile, apixaban (APX)—a new anticoagulation drug—has low water solubility (0.028 mg/mL) and low intestinal permeability (0.9 &t...
Hildebrand and Hansen solubility parameters, and log P value are widely used to determine the solubility of polymers in solvents. The models were used to explain the recovery of phytochemical, rosmarinic acid from Orthosiphon aristatus extract in C18...
The development of stable solid dispersion formulations that maintain desired improvement of drug dissolution rate during the entire shelf life requires the analysis of drug-polymer solubility and miscibility. Only if the drug concentration is below...
Poor water solubility of drugs is a limiting factor for their bioavailability and pharmacological activity. Many approaches are known to improve drug solubility, and among them, the physical method, solid dispersions (SDs), is applied. SDs are physic...
Soluble solids content (SSC) is one of the important components for evaluating fruit quality. The rapid development of hyperspectral imagery provides an efficient method for non-destructive detection of SSC. Previous studies have shown that the inter...
The solubility behavior of drugs is a critical factor in formulation development. Approximately 40–45% of new drugs face market entry challenges due to low water solubility. Enhancing drug bioavailability is thus essential in developing pharmac...
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