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Protein is the building block for the growth of all living creatures. The protein content in different food products can be analysed by various invasive and non-invasive methods which can be either direct or indirect way of measurement. This paper proposes non-destructive and indirect in vivo analysis of the protein content by using optical sensor system. The sensor system is based on the study of the optical properties like transmittance and absorbance of the castor leaf. The results are validated with that of the results derived from chemical analysis. The relationship between the protein content and the absorbance of different leaves were found to be highly correlated. The results show that the proposed system can be used to determine the quality of the castor leaf based on its protein content.
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Das, J.K., Laskar, S. (2018). Determination of Protein Content of Castor Leaves Using UV-Based Sensor System. In: Konkani, A., Bera, R., Paul, S. (eds) Advances in Systems, Control and Automation. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 442. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4762-6_40
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