After this preliminary processing, the spectra were prepared for chemometric analysis using the MNova software package (MestReNova, ver. 11. 0, 4-18998, 2017 Mestrelab Research S. L., Santiago de Compostela, Spain).
The spectral regions δ 4.8–0.5 ppm were normalized with respect to sample weight, then aligned and binned (δ 0.01 ppm). Deconvoluted areas of selected peaks from 1H CPMG HR-MAS spectra were obtained with an automated/controlled fitting routine based on the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm applied after manual peak selection, adjusting peak positions, intensities, line widths and Lorentzian/Gaussian ratios, until the residual spectrum was minimized [43 (link)].