A high throughput ambient mass spectrometric approach for identifying the poaching of wild american ginseng
Julia E Shaw, Pamela Brunswick, Jolene Lesuk, Lola Rabinovitch, Taylor Filewood, Honoria Kwok, Jeffrey Yan, Robert Cody, Tao Huan, Dayue Shang · 2025
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Description
Julia Shaw and co-authors build a fast forensic screen that spots poached wild American ginseng by its chemical fingerprint. Wild ginseng is trade-protected and its remaining stands are plundered for the root market. Standard species tests are slow and prep-heavy, a poor fit for border seizures.
Their 2025 study fires an ambient mass spectrometry method, needing almost no sample preparation, at four ginseng classes: wild and farmed American, Korean, and Chinese. Heat maps give a first glance, then multivariate statistics cluster the spectra into a two-step identification model. Blind quality samples were sorted correctly by origin. The authors pitch the rig as a rapid first screen for enforcement labs fighting the poaching trade.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Julia E Shaw, Pamela Brunswick, Jolene Lesuk, Lola Rabinovitch, Taylor Filewood, Honoria Kwok, Jeffrey Yan, Robert Cody, Tao Huan, Dayue Shang |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |