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Analytical procedures for determination of cocaine and its metabolites in biological samples
PublicationThe dangerous effects and increased usage of illicit drugs have inspired the development of analytical methodologies. We based our review of analytical procedures for determination of cocaine (COC) and its metabolites on literature from the past two decades. Our main aim was to compare the capabilities of different analytical techniques. The diversity of matrices from which COC is determined (e.g., blood, hair, saliva, plasma,...
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Sample preparation techniques for determination of pesticide residues in food samples
PublicationPesticides are very important in increasing the efficiency and quality of agricultural production. They are applied in many spheres of life, not only in agriculture, and their applications are expanding. Despite their numerous merits, pesticides are some of the most toxic substances contaminating our environment and have a negative impact on the human health. Properties of pesticides such as stability, ability to bioaccumulation...
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New methodology for determination cationic surfactants in liquid environmental samples
PublicationBecause of their specific physical and chemical properties (e.g. amphiphilicity, solubility in polar and nonpolar liquids, ability to form micelles, adsorption at phase boundaries, low toxicity) surfactants (surface-active compounds) are widely applied in industry and in the household. As their applications are on a very large scale, it has become necessary to acquire a more detailed understanding of their environmental fate. Mainly,...
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DETERMINATION OF SURFACTANTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES. PART II. ANIONIC COMPOUNDS
PublicationSurfactants (SAA) with negative charge of polar group are named as anionic compounds. They are main constituent of most products containing synthetic surfactants. The linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS), alkyl ethoxysulfates (AES) and alkyl sulfates (AS) are typically applied from this class of compounds. Those surfactants are ingredients of household detergents and cleaners, laundry detergents, cosmetic. Moreover they can be...
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Study of Cloud Water Samples Collected over Northern Poland
PublicationThe paper gives the results of the first studies on the chemistry of cloud water collected during 3 mo (Aug.–Oct. 2010) in the free atmosphere over the area to the south of the Tri-City (Gdansk-Sopot-Gdynia) conurbation on the Gulf of Gdansk, Poland. Taken from cumulus, stratus, and stratocumulus clouds by means of an aircraft-mounted collector, the water samples were analyzed for the following contaminants: anions (chlorides,...
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Real-Time Volatilomics: A Novel Approach for Analyzing Biological Samples
PublicationThe use of the ‘omics techniques in environmental research has become common-place. The most widely implemented of these include metabolomics, proteomics, genomics, and transcriptomics. In recent years, a similar approach has also been taken with the analysis of volatiles from biological samples, giving rise to the so-called ‘volatilomics’ in plant analysis. Developments in direct infusion mass spectrometry (DI-MS) techniques have...
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Potential Toxic Effects of Airport Runoff Water Samples on the Environment
PublicationDespite the positive aspects of the intensive development of aviation, airports are considered large-scale polluters. Pollution caused by runoff water (stormwater) is one of the major problems related to airport operations. The aim of this study was to characterize the potential toxic impact on aquatic life from runoff water discharges from four international airports in Europe. Samples of stormwater were collected at airports...
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Determination and identification of organic acids in wine samples. Problems and challenges.
PublicationFor long time, organic acids were underestimated. However, during last two decades there is an increasing interest of natural compounds having antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties thus organic acids are very preferable. Wine stands as one of the sources of organic acids since they are responsible for its organoleptic and aestethic character. Nevertheless, it is important to not exceed acceptable level of...
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The influence of the drying process on the deformation of the beech and oak wood samples
PublicationThe influence of the drying process conditions on the deformation of the beech and oak wood. The results of the deformation of beech wood (Fagus sylvatica L.) and oak wood (Quercus robur) after drying process are presented. The drying process was carried out in the same drying schedule for each wood species. During each of schedules 40 pieces of wood were dried. The samples were divided into two groups. The first group of tested...
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Acid site concentrations of the MXenes samples
Open Research DataData contains the pH of 0.01M NaOH solution, before and after mixing with the MXenes samples.
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Imaging of biological samples: crassula arborescens
Open Research DataOne of the tasks of modern botany is to describe the relationship between climatic conditions and other environmental factors and the anatomical structure and adaptation of species present in given geographic areas. The work [1] focuses on anatomical and morphological studies of leaves of plants from the coarse family. Species tested belong to leaf...
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Dispersive Micro‐Solid Phase Extraction of Selected Metals in Water and Food Samples Followed by ICP‐OES Analysis: Method Development, Analysis of Real Samples and Greenness Evaluation
PublicationMultiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are well-known adsorbents because of their high surface area, layered and hollow architecture, hydrophobicity, and multiple and easily accessible adsorption sites. In this study, MWCNTs were used for dispersive micro-solid-phase extraction of various metal chelates in environmental and food samples. Different parameters such as concentration of the chelating reagent, the sorbent dosage, the...
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Calibration of permeation passive samplers with silicone membranes based on physicochemical properties of the analytes.
PublicationW pracy opisano sposób kalibracji pasywnych dozymetrów permeacyjnych, wykorzystywanych w badaniach powietrza w oparciu o własności fizyko-chemiczne analitów. Stwierdzono silną zależność pomiędzy stałą kalibracyjną (K) dozymetrów i liczbą atomów węgla w cząsteczce analitu (w obrębie danej grupy związków chemicznych) dla alkoholi, alifatycznych i aromatycznych węglowodorów oraz estrów. Taka zależność występuje również pomiędzy...
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Microanalysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in water samples - methods and instruments
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono stan wiedzy nt. metodyk analitycznych oraz urządzeń kontrolno-pomiarowych, wykorzystywanych w badaniach próbek wody na zawartość lotnych związków organicznych. Szczególną uwagę zwrócono na techniki izolacji i wzbogacania analitów przed etapem oznaczeń końcowych.
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Clasification of drinking water samples using the Chernoff's faces visualization approach
PublicationOpracowanie przedstawia wyniki zastosowania wizualizacji metodą twarzy Chernoffa w klasyfikacji obszarowych zmian jakości wody pitnej, na podstawie wyników oznaczeń chloro- i bromopochodnych produktów dezynfekcji wody w 12 dzielnicach Gdańska w okresie 1993-2000.
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Mercury fractionation in soil and sediment samples using thermo-desorption method
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Hard tissue samples as markers of occupational exposure in phosphatic fertilizer plant
PublicationW pracy opisano zastosowanie próbek włosów i paznokci do oceny narażenia pracowników zakładów nawozów fosforowych na zanieczyszczenie metalami ciężkimi. Jako metodę oznaczania 25 pierwiastków we włosach i paznokciach zastosowano aktywacje neutronową. Do opracowania wyników i ich oceny zastosowano szereg metod chemometrycznych.
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Formation, occurrence and determination of volatile fatty acids in environmental and related samples
PublicationKrótkołańcuchowe alifatyczne kwasy monokarboksylowe mogą być oznaczane w różnych próbkach środowiskowych,za pomocą techniki mikroekstrakcji do fazy stacjonarnej z fazy nadpowierzchniowej na etapie przygotowanie próbek oraz chromatografii gazowej sprzężonej ze spektrometrią mas na etapie oznaczeń końcowych.Opracowana metodykę z powodzeniem zastosowano do oznaczenia tych kwasów w próbkach ścieków pochodzących z farmy bydła.
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Quality problems in determination of organic compounds in environmental samples, such as PAHs and PCBs
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Speciation of trace element compounds in samples of biota from marine ecosystems
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Analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in water samples. Methods and instrumentation
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono stan wiedzy nt. metodyk analitycznych oraz urządzeń kontrolno-pomiarowych, wykorzystywanych w badaniach próbek wody na zawartość lotnych związków organicznych. Szczególną uwagę zwrócono na techniki izolacji i wzbogacania analitów przed etapem oznaczeń końcowych.
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Chapter 13. Immunological determination of the pharmaceutical diclofenac in environmental and biological samples
PublicationOpracowano wysoce specyficzną i czułą metodę immunologiczną oznaczania przeciwzapalnego leku diklofenaku. Jest to jeden z najczęściej wykrywanych farmaceutyków w środowisku. Granicę wykrywalności oraz wartość IC50 określono na poziomie 6 ng/L oraz 60 ng/L dla wody wodociągowej, odpowiednio. W badaniu porównawczym, stosując test ELISA oraz GC-MS określono poziomy stężeń diklofenaku w wodach ściekowych z 21 oczyszczalni ścieków i...
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Separation of zinc from aqueous samples using a molecular imprinting technique
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An electrochemical interface for direct analysis of amlodipine in tablets and human blood samples
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Preparation of environmental samples for gas chromatographic determination of selected organic pollutants
PublicationOpisano różne metody izolacji i wzbogacania zanieczyszczeń organicznych z ciekłych, gazowych i stałych próbek środowiskowych. Opisano konstrukcję i testowanie nowych systemów do przygotowania próbek oraz ich zastosowanie w połączeniu z chromatografią gazową do oznaczania zanieczyszczeń organicznych w póbkach rzeczywistych.
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Derivatisation in gas chromatographic determination of acidic herbicides inaqueous environmental samples.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono przegląd literaturowy dotyczący wykorzystania derywatyzacji w oznaczaniu herbicydów kwasowych w wodnych próbkach środowiskowych za pomocą chromatografii gazowej. Omówiono główne typy reakcji (transestryfikacja, estryfikacja, sililowanie, alkilacja, alkilacja ekstraktywna i pirolityczna), które powodują utworzenie pochodnych, łatwych do analizy techniką chromatografii gazowej. Scharakteryzowano także...
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Microextraction by packed sorbent: Uncommon detection techniques, sorbents, samples and analytes
PublicationAmong sample preparation approaches, the most desirable are procedures that ensure high efficiency and reproducibility, that are cheap, fast and simple, that minimize the number of operational steps and that require a small amount of sample and solvent and are thus environmentally friendly. Microextraction by packed sorbent (MEPS) is a miniaturized form of solid-phase extraction, the use of which has been continuously expanding...
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Methods for determining pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in food samples-problems and challenges
PublicationW związku z koniecznością oznaczania szeregu zanieczyszczeń w próbkach środowiskowych i biologicznych, doszło do rozwoju licznych technik i metod analitycznych. Pomimo tych osiągnięć przed analityką nadal stoją liczne wyzwania. Jednym z nich jest oznaczanie pozostałości pestycydów i PCB w próbkach żywności. Najbardziej zaawansowane metody analityczne składają się z wielu etapów, co przekłada się, przede wszystkim, na duże nakłady...
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Challenges in preparing honey samples for chromatographic determination of contaminants and trace residues
PublicationThe determination of contaminations and residues in honey is of growing concern over past few years, especially that these compounds can not only diminish beneficial properties of honey but more importantly, if present in significant amounts, can pose serious threat to human health. Since honey is characterized by complex composition of the matrix sample, it is often necessary to apply clean-up step, in order to eliminate interfering...
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Quality problems in the determination of organic compounds in environmental samples, such as PAHs and PCBs
PublicationPrzedstawiono i skomentowano wyniki badań międzylaboratoryjnych w zakresie oznaczania wybranych związków organicznych w próbkach środowiskowych. Oznaczenia wykonane były przez niezależne laboratoria analityczne, które stosowały różne procedury przygotowania próbek do analizy.Badania wskazują, że wynik oznaczania poszczególnych analitów zależny był od stosowanej przez laboratorium procedury izolacji i oznaczania. Stwierdzono różnice...
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Determination of estrogenic endocrine disruptors in environmental samples - a review of chromatographic methods
PublicationWśród związków endokrynnych to estrogeny zarówno naturalne jak i syntetyczne zostały wskazane i opisane jako związki niosące ze sobą największy potencjał aktywności estrogennej. Wysoki potencjał estrogenny jaki posiadają związki z grupy hormonów płciowych potwierdziły badania przeprowadzone zarówno in vitro jak i in vivo. W dużej części (50-95%) próbek ścieków pochodzących z oczyszczalni ścieków zostały wykryte związki z grupy...
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Comparison of different extraction techniques of polychlorinated biphenyls from sediments samples.
PublicationIn this work, problems that may occur during determination of trace levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in sediment samples are described. Main error sources are connected with extraction of analytes prior to final determination. During model studies, polychlorinated biphenyls have been extracted from sedimentreference material (METRANAL 2) with the use of different solvents (dichloromethane, hexsane, and toluene); the process...
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Capillary Electrophoresis in determination of short - chain carboxylic acids in aqueous samples
PublicationAnalysis of pollution is extremely important especially in areas directly adjacent tothe residential district. Studies show that short- chain carboxylic acids are a group ofcompounds widespread around sewage treatment plants, landfills, livestock farms. The mostcommon techniques for determination of short - chain carboxylic acids are chromatographictechniques, especially gas chromatography, whose main limitation is that only volatilemonocarboxylic...
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Barkhausen noise properties measured by different methods for deformed Armco samples
PublicationPorównano właściwości sygnału napięciowego efektu Barkhausena (BN) uzyskanego za pomocą 'sondy punktowej' (użytecznej dla badań przemysłowych) oraz cewki otaczającej badany materiał. W pierwszej metodzie mierzono trzy wielkości: V1 - napięcie skuteczne, Nc - liczba impulsów, V2 - napięcie kontrolne z cewki. W drugiej metodzie z napięcia indukowanego w cewce wyznaczano pętlę histerezy B(H), obwiednie z napięcia skutecznego a także...
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Application of modern sample-preparation techniques to the determination of chloropropanols in food samples
PublicationChloropropanols are heat-induced food toxicants that recently caused concern among industrial and scientific experts. World and European organizations related to food safety asked researchers to investigate mitigation strategies regarding these contaminants. The essential objective of this project was development of fast analytical methods enabling reliable determination and quantification of 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol, 2-monochloropropane-1,3-diol...
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Determination of Surfactants in Environmental Samples. Part III. Non-Ionic Compounds
PublicationNon-ionic surface active agents are a diverse group of chemicals which have an uncharged polar head and a non-polar tail. They have different properties due to amphiphilic structure of their molecules. Commercial available non-ionic surfactants consist of the broadest spectrum of compounds in comparison with other types of such agents. Typically, non-ionic compounds found applications in households and industry during formulation...
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The speciation of organotin compounds in sediment and water samples from the port of Gdynia
PublicationOrganotin compounds (OTC) are toxic towards all living organisms. The application of organitin-based antifouling systems is becoming the main source of OTC in the ocean. Harbor sediments and water contain large deposits of organotin compounds due to application of antifouling systems in the shipping industry. OTC contamination presents a potential risk to the marine environment. Sediment and water samples were collected in 2009...
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Green aspects of techniques for the determination of currently used pesticides in environmental samples
PublicationPesticides are among the most dangerous environmental pollutants because of their stability, mobility and long-term effects on living organisms. Their presence in the environment is a particular danger. It is therefore crucial to monitor pesticide residues using all available analytical methods. The analysis of environmental samples for the presence of pesticides is very difficult: the processes involved in sample preparation are...
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Speciation of heavy metal compounds in samples of biota from marine ecosystems
PublicationIt has become increasingly evident that the toxicity, mobility, bioavailability and bioaccumulation of metals are dependent on the particular physico-chemical form in which the element occurs in the environment. Special attention is paid to metals, which are essential for the proper functioning of organisms if present in appropriate amounts but are toxic if in excess (i.e. Se, Cr, Zn), and also to non-essential elements (i.e. Hg,...
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Ionic liquids in extraction techniques: Determination of pesticides in food and environmental samples
PublicationThe intensive use of pesticides in agricultural practices has promoted the appearance of environmentaland public health problems. Due to that, scientists face challenges with developing simple, fast, sensitive,selective, and low-cost methods dedicated to determining pesticide residues in food and environmentalsamples. Following thefifth principle of Green Analytical Chemistry, chemists are searching for greeneralternatives for...
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Comparison of Two Methods for the Determination of Selected Pesticides in Honey and Honeybee Samples
PublicationDeveloped and validated analytical methods for the determination of a wide spectrum of pesticide residues in honey and honeybee samples after the modification of QuEChERS extraction in combination with gas chromatography–tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) and liquid chromatography–tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) were discussed and compared. The developed methods were evaluated regarding the utilized equipment...
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Application of GC-MS/MS technique for the determination of benzodiazepines in blood samples
PublicationAbstract Benzodiazepines (BZD) are widely used as pharmaceuticals in medicine. However, due to psychostimulatory effect of BZD, in the last decade, they are more and more often used as drugs of abuse. These compounds produce similar effects to classical illicit drugs and are sold as “legal” alternatives to them as new psychoactive substances (NPS). Currently new BZD, named designer benzodiazepines (DBZD), are synthesized each year...
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Genetic and biochemical characterization of yeasts isolated from Antarctic soil samples
PublicationThe Polish Arctowski Station is situated in the maritime Antarctic on the western shore ot' Admiralty Bay and encompasses terrestrial habitats which are not perma-nently covered by ice, in contrast to morę than 90% of the island's surface area. Over the past several decades, stud-ies exploring the soils of those habitats have revealed a considerable diversity of bacteria, filamentous fungi, and, to a lesser extent, yeasts; however,...
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Non-regulated organic compounds (NROC's) in the Odra River water samples.
PublicationW ramach badań opisanych w pracy podjęto próbę identyfikacji lotnych i średniolotnych związków z grupy Non-Regulated Organic Compounds obecnych w próbkach wody rzecznej. Analizie poddano 25 próbek wód pobranych z rzeki Odry w październiku 2000, w trakcie VIII kampanii zorganizowanej w ramach International Odra Project (IOP). W badaniach wykorzystano technikę PT-TD-GC-MS.Komputerowa analiza widm masowych wykazała obecność wielu...
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Determining PAHs and PCBs in aqueous samples: finding and evaluating sources of error
PublicationW pracy opisano wyniki badań modelowych (z wykorzystaniem dopowiednich roztworów wzorcowych), których celem było wykrycie źródeł błędów oznaczeń oraz oszacowanie ich wielkości. Przedmiotem badań było oszacowanie wpływu takich procesów jak:- adsorpcja na ściankach naczyń,- adsorpcja na cząstkach materii zawieszonej,- usuwanie nadmiaru rozpuszczalnika (z ekstraktu)na wyniki oznaczeń końcowych.
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Analytical procedures for PAH and PCB determination in water samples - error sources
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono poszczególne etapy procedury analitycznej wykorzystywanej do oznaczania analitów z grupy WWA i PCB w próbkach wody. Pokazano jakie problemy występują podczas oznaczania wyżej wymienionych analitów i jaki mogą mieć wpływ na końcowy wynik analizy.
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Sources of errors associated with the determination of PAH and PCB analytes in water samples
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono problemy związane z oznaczaniem analitów z grupy WWA i PCB w próbkach wody. Zidentyfikowano źródła błędów. Szczególną uwagę zwrócono na:- proces adsorpcji analitów na ściankach szklanych naczyń używanych w trakcie obróbki i przechowywania próbek,- wpływ etapu odparowywania nadmiaru rozpuszczalnika z ekstraktów na odzysk analitów,- wpływ materiału, z którego jest wykonana kolumienka ekstrakcyjna (szkła, polietylenu)...
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Determination of sex hormone concentration in wastewater samples.
Open Research DataConcentration levels of five selected steroid hormones in influent and effluent waters from wastewater treatment plant were determined using SPE(C18)-HPLC-ESI/MS/MS method. Sex hormones like: estradiol, estriol, estrone, 17-α-ethynyloestradiol, progesterone were present in all influent wastwater samples.
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Imaging of biological samples: the ant Lasius Niger
Open Research DataThe world of arthropods continues to amaze researchers today. An example may be a relatively new report by a group of scientists on structures found in ant shells [1] Although calcareous anatomical structures have evolved in various groups of animals, little has been known so far about the occurrence of this type of form in insects. The authors of the...
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Sensory analysis of bread samples with the addition of beetroot
Open Research DataThe data set presents the results of the sensory analysis of bread samples with the addition of beetroot, which was carried out by the sensory profiling analysis method based on the PN-ISO 11035: 1999 standard – “Sensory analysis - Identification and selection of descriptors for determining the sensory profile using multivariate methods”. The method...