Alicante University’s Analytical Atomic Spectrometry research group led by Analytical Chemistry Professor Juan Mora Pastor, has developed a new procedure and device to detect bitter almonds based on digital image processing in real time. This is a non-destructive analytical method based on fluorescence and artificial vision to identify bitter almonds. Thus, the basis of the method lies in the fluorescence emitted by the compounds naturally present in bitter almonds. These can be detected specifically only by illuminating the sample with light of appropriate wavelength and subsequent processing of the image generated. The method allows researchers to automate the classification of sweet and bitter almonds quickly, simply, objectively and in real time using a cheap, eco-friendly and non-destructive procedure.
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Source: Phys.org