Accepted Manuscript Application of NIRS coupled with PLS regression as a rapid, non-destructive alternative method for quantification of KBA in Boswellia sacra Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Najeeb Ur Rehman, Fazal Mabood, Muhammaed Albroumi, Liaqat Ali, Javid Hussain, Hidayat Hussain, René Csuk, Abdul Latif Khan, Tanveer Alam, Saif Alameri PII: S1386-1425(17)30384-0 DOI: doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.05.018 Reference: SAA 15160 To appear in: Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy Received date: 4 February 2017 Revised date: 8 May 2017 Accepted date: 8 May 2017 Please cite this article as: Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Najeeb Ur Rehman, Fazal Mabood, Muhammaed Albroumi, Liaqat Ali, Javid Hussain, Hidayat Hussain, René Csuk, Abdul Latif Khan, Tanveer Alam, Saif Alameri , Application of NIRS coupled with PLS regression as a rapid, non-destructive alternative method for quantification of KBA in Boswellia sacra, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2017), doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.05.018 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.