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The volatile components of honeysuckle were determined using hydro-distillation (HD), water extraction coupling rectification (WER), and water extraction coupling rectification with solvent extraction (WER-SE). Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and headspace solid-phase microextraction–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (HS-SPME/GC–MS) identified 127 compounds. There were 27 common compounds extracted by these methods. A heatmap of the 27 common compounds indicates that WER-SE and WER were complementary approaches. In addition, 59 compounds were detected for the first time in honeysuckle. The results of this study provide a reference for the determination of volatile components in plants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) models built on a particular instrument are often invalid on other instruments due to spectral inconsistencies between the instruments. In the present work, global and robust NIR calibration models were constructed by partial least square (PLS) regression based on hybrid calibration sets, which are composed of both primary and secondary spectra. Three datasets were used as case studies. The first consisted of 72 radix scutellaria samples measured on two NIR spectrometers with known baicalin content. The second was composed of 80 corn samples measured on two instruments with known moisture, oil, and protein concentrations. The third dataset included 279 primary samples of tobacco with known nicotine content and 78 secondary samples of tobacco with known nicotine concentrations. The effect of the number of secondary spectra in the hybrid calibration sets and the methods for selecting secondary spectra on the PLS model performance were investigated by comparing the results obtained from different calibration sets. This study shows that the global and robust calibration models accurately predicted both primary and secondary samples as long as the ratios of the number of primary spectra to the number of secondary spectra were less than 22. The models performance was not influenced by the selection method of the secondary spectra. The hybrid calibration sets included the primary spectral information and also the secondary spectra; information, rendering the constructed global and robust models applicable to both primary and secondary instruments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]