Tier 3 — preclinical
Assessing the authenticity of the sport supplement creatine using spectroscopic techniques and multivariate analysis
Food Chem
2025
484:144282
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- PMID 40306235
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Study snapshot
| Design | Laboratory product-authenticity study using HPLC, mid-infrared and near-infrared spectroscopy with chemometric analysis |
|---|---|
| Model | Laboratory / product testing |
| Sample | 149 commercial creatine monohydrate samples purchased in Brazil |
| Intervention | Analytical testing of commercial creatine products |
| Duration | Samples collected July-December 2023 |
| Endpoints | Creatine purity; Adulteration; HPLC authentication; MIR/NIR classification accuracy |
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