Enhanced detection of pennyroyal essential oil adulteration using FTIR spectroscopy and chemometrics
Amal Ait Haj Said
7/16/2026
IntroductionThe essential oil of pennyroyal has a number of bioactive properties, including antiviral, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory effects. Accurate, rapid, and non-destructive assessment of its quality is therefore a major challenge for the pharmaceutical industry. Conventional methods, such as gas chromatography, although effective, are time-consuming, destructive, and require the use of …