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1. Identification of markers for the authentication of cranberry extract and cranberry-based food supplements

Author:
Gardana, Claudio; Scialpi, Antonio; Fachechi, Christian; Simonetti, Paolo
Source:
Heliyon 2020 v.6 no.4 pp. e03863
ISSN:
2405-8440
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; Hibiscus; Morus nigra; anthocyanins; catechin; cranberries; epicatechin; procyanidins; urinary tract diseases;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Due to the high cost of the cranberry extract, there have been several reported cases of adulteration. The aim of our study was to find markers to authenticate extracts or cranberry-based food supplements. Cranberry fruits from 7 countries, 17 cranberry extracts and 10 cranberry-based food supplements were analysed by UPLC-DAD-Orbitrap MS. Procyanidins were assessed by DMAC method. Anthocyanin fin ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03863
PubMed:
32368660
PubMed Central:
PMC7184529

2. Detecting <i>Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus</i> and Its Chinese Patent Medicines with a Nucleotide Signature

Author:
Jiang, Wenjun; Ren, Li; Guo, Mengyue; Mantri, Nitin; Zhao, Sha; Pang, Xiaohui
Source:
Genes 2019 v.10 no.5
ISSN:
2073-4425
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; DNA barcoding; adulterants; drugs; markets; single nucleotide polymorphism;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus (Wuweizi) is often adulterated with Schisandrae Sphenantherae Fructus (Nanwuweizi) in the herbal market. This adulteration is a threat to clinical treatment and safety. In this study, we aimed to develop a nucleotide signature for the identification of Wuweizi and its Chinese patent medicines based on the mini-DNA barcoding technique. We collected 49 samples to obtain ...
DOI:
10.3390/genes10050397
PubMed:
31121984
PubMed Central:
PMC6562420

3. Application of high resolution melting combined with DNA-based markers for quantitative analysis of olive oil authenticity and adulteration

Author:
Chedid, Elsa; Rizou, Myrto; Kalaitzis, Panagiotis
Source:
Food chemistry: X 2020 v.6 pp. 100082
ISSN:
2590-1575
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; DNA; cultivars; melting; microsatellite repeats; olive oil; product authenticity; quantitative analysis; single nucleotide polymorphism; traceability;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... A plethora of biotechnological methodologies is used to authenticate quality olive oils. Among the DNA-based approaches, SNPs and SSRs combined with high resolution melting (HRM) provide certain advantages such as speed, simplicity and reliability. SNP-HRM and SSR-HRM were used for the authentication of monovarietal olive oils as well as the quantification of varietal composition in olive oil DNA ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.fochx.2020.100082
PubMed:
32154510
PubMed Central:
PMC7058896

4. Comprehensive analysis to determine the differences of solar salt produced in South Korea and China

Author:
Min, Seungsik; Kim, Hyung Joo; Gwak, Seongshin; Shin, Soohyun; Jang, Suji; Jeong, Jinil
Source:
Food science and biotechnology 2020 v.29 no.3 pp. 323-329
ISSN:
1226-7708
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; ; biotechnology; food fraud; food science; isotopes; public health; sodium chloride; statistical analysis; China; South Korea;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Food fraud, including adulteration, addition, tampering, and misrepresentation of food ingredients and packaging for improper economic profit, has been global concerns affecting public health and safety. In South Korea, counterfeit expression of solar salt has been a problem causing improper economic profit, especially for those products produced from China, but labeled as ‘domestics’. In this stu ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10068-019-00664-y
PubMed:
32257515
PubMed Central:
PMC7105516

5. A novel approach to detect highly manipulated fat adulterant as Reichert–Meissl value-adjuster in ghee (clarified butter) through signature peaks by gas chromatography of triglycerides

Author:
Pathania, Parul; Sharma, Vivek; Arora, Sumit; Rao, Priyanka Singh
Source:
Journal of food science and technology 2020 v.57 no.1 pp. 191-199
ISSN:
0022-1155
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; adulterants; buffaloes; butter; cooking fats and oils; cows; gas chromatography; ghee; milk fat; triacylglycerols; India;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Ghee, the clarified butter fat being the costliest fat among other edible oils and fats in India, prone to adulteration with highly manipulated cheaper oils/fats, especially during lean season. The present investigation carried on triglycerides profile of one of the latest components of the adulterant fat i.e. RM (Reichert–Meissl)-adjuster, has been exploited to check the adulteration of ghee with ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13197-019-04047-3
PubMed:
31975722
PubMed Central:
PMC6952487

6. Comparison of transmission FTIR and ATR spectra for discrimination between beef and chicken meat and quantification of chicken in beef meat mixture using ATR-FTIR combined with chemometrics

Author:
Keshavarzi, Zahra; Barzegari Banadkoki, Sahar; Faizi, Mehrdad; Zolghadri, Yalda; Shirazi, Farshad H.
Source:
Journal of food science and technology 2020 v.57 no.4 pp. 1430-1438
ISSN:
0022-1155
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; beef; chemometrics; chicken meat; chickens; least squares; neural networks; prediction; principal component analysis; quality control;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Detecting meat adulteration for quality control and accurate labeling is important and needs convenient analytical methods. This study aimed to investigate and compare the application of the transmission and ATR approaches of FTIR followed by principal component analysis (PCA) to not only discriminate between chicken and beef meat but also quantizing chicken portion of mixtures. Two different appr ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13197-019-04178-7
PubMed:
32180639
PubMed Central:
PMC7054551

7. Determination of yolk:white ratio of egg using SDS-PAGE

Author:
Uysal, Reyhan Selin; Acar-Soykut, Esra; Boyaci, Ismail Hakki
Source:
Food science and biotechnology 2020 v.29 no.2 pp. 179-186
ISSN:
1226-7708
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; biotechnology; brix; detection limit; egg albumen; egg yolk; eggs; food science; liquid egg products; liquids; models; polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... The aim of present study was to determine liquid egg adulteration based on yolk:white ratio of egg using sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and by measuring Brix. To construct a calibration model, liquid egg samples were prepared by mixing egg yolk and white (yolk:white) at different concentrations. A high coefficient of determination value (R² = 0.992) was obtained. Limit ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10068-019-00650-4
PubMed:
32064126
PubMed Central:
PMC6992818

8. Exploring DNA quantity and quality from raw materials to botanical extracts

Author:
Ragupathy, Subramanyam; Faller, Adam C.; Shanmughanandhan, Dhivya; Kesanakurti, Prasad; Shaanker, R. Uma; Ravikanth, Gudasalamani; Sathishkumar, Ramalingam; Mathivanan, Narayanasamy; Song, Jingyuan; Han, Jianping; Newmaster, Steven
Source:
Heliyon 2019 v.5 no.6 pp. e01935
ISSN:
2405-8440
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; DNA; DNA barcoding; biodiversity; industry; ingredients; multivariate analysis; research and development; risk; variance;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The aim of this study was to explore the variability in DNA quality and quantity along a gradient of industrial processing of botanical ingredients from raw materials to extracts.A data matrix was assembled for 1242 botanical ingredient samples along a gradient of industrial processing commonly used in the Natural Health Product (NHP) industry. Multivariate statistics was used to explore dependant ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01935
PubMed:
31245647
PubMed Central:
PMC6582161

9. Differentiating pasture honey from eucalyptus honey based on carbon isotopic data in Uruguay

Author:
Berriel, Verónica; Perdomo, Carlos H.
Source:
Heliyon 2019 v.5 no.3 pp. e01228
ISSN:
2405-8440
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; Eucalyptus; carbon; high fructose corn syrup; honey; models; pastures; regression analysis; traceability; Uruguay;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... To avoid false declarations of geographic and botanical honey origin, traceability should be based on analytical data, which could then be processed by multivariate statistical methods. Obtaining this data, however, is costly and time consuming. Thus, it would be more convenient to acquire this information from routine trials, for example from the analysis for determination of high fructose corn s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01228
PubMed:
30899822
PubMed Central:
PMC6407147

10. Development of RAPD-PCR assay for identifying Holstein, Angus, and Taiwan Yellow Cattle for meat adulteration detection

Author:
Lin, Chin-Cheng; Tang, Pin-Chi; Chiang, Hsin-I
Source:
Food science and biotechnology 2019 v.28 no.6 pp. 1769-1777
ISSN:
1226-7708
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; Angus; DNA; Holstein; beef; biotechnology; cattle; food fraud; food science; random amplified polymorphic DNA technique; Taiwan;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Incidents of food fraud have occurred worldwide, particularly in the form of meat adulteration. In this study, molecular probes were developed using the Random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique in order to identify three beef subspecies–Holstein, Angus, and Taiwan Yellow Cattle. Four RAPD-PCR 10-nucleotide primers were chosen out of a total of 60 pri ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10068-019-00607-7
PubMed:
31807349
PubMed Central:
PMC6859182

11. Assessment of Virgin Olive Oil Adulteration by a Rapid Luminescent Method

Author:
González-Domínguez, Raúl; Sayago, Ana; Morales, María Teresa; Fernández-Recamales, Ángeles
Source:
Foods 2019 v.8 no.8
ISSN:
2304-8158
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; cooking fats and oils; food industry; fraud; hazelnut oil; luminescence; regression analysis; traceability; virgin olive oil;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The adulteration of virgin olive oil with hazelnut oil is a common fraud in the food industry, which makes mandatory the development of accurate methods to guarantee the authenticity and traceability of virgin olive oil. In this work, we demonstrate the potential of a rapid luminescent method to characterize edible oils and to detect adulterations among them. A regression model based on five lumin ...
DOI:
10.3390/foods8080287
PubMed:
31349694
PubMed Central:
PMC6723203

12. Development of electrochemical biosensor based on CNT–Fe3O4 nanocomposite to determine formaldehyde adulteration in orange juice

Author:
Kundu, Monika; Bhardwaj, Hema; Pandey, Manoj Kumar; Krishnan, Prameela; Kotnala, R. K.; Sumana, Gajjala
Source:
Journal of food science and technology 2019 v.56 no.4 pp. 1829-1840
ISSN:
0022-1155
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; biosensors; carbon nanotubes; electrodes; enzymes; food industry; food safety; foodborne illness; formaldehyde; nanocomposites; orange juice;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... An electrochemical biosensor was developed to determine formaldehyde (HCHO) adulteration commonly found in food. The current responses of various electrodes based on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and synthesized nanocomposite (CNT–Fe₃O₄) were measured using cyclic voltammetry. The nanocomposite based biosensor shows comparatively high sensitivity (527 µA mg/L⁻¹ cm⁻²), low detection limit (0. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13197-019-03635-7
PubMed:
30996419
PubMed Central:
PMC6443716

13. Development of mathematical model for prediction of adulteration levels of cow ghee with vegetable fat using image analysis

Author:
Wasnik, P. G.; Menon, R. R.; Sivaram, M.; Nath, B. Surendra; Balasubramanyam, B. V.; Manjunatha, M.
Source:
Journal of food science and technology 2019 v.56 no.4 pp. 2320-2325
ISSN:
0022-1155
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; color; computer software; data collection; discriminant analysis; equations; ghee; image analysis; markets; mathematical models; prediction; regression analysis; scanners;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... The present study was undertaken to develop a protocol for acquisition and analysis of images of ghee samples to derive mathematical parameters related to adulteration of cow ghee with vegetable fat and to develop a model to predict the adulteration levels. The images acquired using a flatbed scanner were quantified in terms of their pixel intensity, colour, morphological, textural and skeleton pa ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13197-019-03677-x
PubMed:
30996466
PubMed Central:
PMC6443731

14. A sensitive multiplex PCR protocol for simultaneous detection of chicken, duck, and pork in beef samples

Author:
Qin, Panzhu; Qu, Wei; Xu, Jianguo; Qiao, Dongqing; Yao, Li; Xue, Feng; Chen, Wei
Source:
Journal of food science and technology 2019 v.56 no.3 pp. 1266-1274
ISSN:
0022-1155
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; DNA; adenosinetriphosphatase; beef; chicken meat; detection limit; duck meat; ingredients; magnetism; mitochondrial genes; nanoparticles; polymerase chain reaction; pork;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... A rapid and sensitive multiplex PCR assay was developed for simultaneous identification of the adulteration ingredients of chicken, duck and pork in beef. Specific primers for the mitochondrial genes of Cyt b, CO III, ATPase subunit 8/6 and Cyt b of chicken, duck, pork, and beef, respectively, were adopted in the assay. DNA exaction from meat samples was carried out by using magnetic nanoparticles ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13197-019-03591-2
PubMed:
30956306
PubMed Central:
PMC6423339

15. Current regulatory guidelines and resources to support research of dietary supplements in the United States

Author:
Bailey, Regan L.
Source:
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition 2020 v.60 no.2 pp. 298-309
ISSN:
1549-7852
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994; Food and Drug Administration; analytical methods; bioavailability; dietary supplements; education; foods; good manufacturing practices; guidelines; ingredients; markets; packaging; strength training; United States;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... The U.S. Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) established the regulatory framework for dietary supplements as foods through the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). DSHEA outlined the legal definition, labeling requirements, and process for adverse event reporting for dietary supplements. FDA also issued formal guidance on current Good Manufacturing Practice to ensure that processes ...
DOI:
10.1080/10408398.2018.1524364
PubMed:
30421981
PubMed Central:
PMC6513729

16. Non-targeted NIR spectroscopy and SIMCA classification for commercial milk powder authentication: A study using eleven potential adulterants

Author:
Karunathilaka, Sanjeewa R.; Yakes, Betsy Jean; He, Keqin; Chung, Jin Kyu; Mossoba, Magdi
Source:
Heliyon 2018 v.4 no.9 pp. e00806
ISSN:
2405-8440
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; ; adulterants; chemometrics; dried milk; near-infrared spectroscopy; spectral analysis;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... A non-targeted detection method using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy combined with chemometric modeling was developed for the rapid screening of commercial milk powder (MP) products as authentic or potentially mixed with known and unknown adulterants. Two benchtop FT-NIR spectrometers and a handheld NIR device were evaluated for model development. The performance of SIMCA classification models w ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00806
PubMed:
30258995
PubMed Central:
PMC6151857

17. Polar Lipids from Olives and Olive Oil: A Review on Their Identification, Significance and Potential Biotechnological Applications

Author:
Alves, Eliana; Domingues, M. Rosário M.; Domingues, Pedro
Source:
Foods 2018 v.7 no.7
ISSN:
2304-8158
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; analytical methods; bioactive compounds; glycolipids; industrial byproducts; ingredients; nutrition; olive oil; olives; phospholipids; traceability;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Polar lipids are minor components of olives and olive oil and include a myriad of molecules such as phospholipids and glycolipids. Even though sensitive and high-resolution analytical approaches have been used to unveil the polar lipidome of these matrices, new insights on their composition are needed. In this review, we will describe the findings on the identification and characterization of pola ...
DOI:
10.3390/foods7070109
PubMed:
29996479
PubMed Central:
PMC6068626

18. 16-O-methylcafestol is present in ground roast Arabica coffees: Implications for authenticity testing

Author:
Gunning, Yvonne; Defernez, Marianne; Watson, Andrew D.; Beadman, Niles; Colquhoun, Ian J.; Le Gall, Gwénaëlle; Philo, Mark; Garwood, Hollie; Williamson, David; Davis, Aaron P.; Kemsley, E. Kate
Source:
Food chemistry 2018 v.248 pp. 52-60
ISSN:
0308-8146
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; lipophilicity; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; monitoring; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... High-field and low-field proton NMR spectroscopy were used to analyse lipophilic extracts from ground roast coffees. Using a sample preparation method that produced concentrated extracts, a small marker peak at 3.16 ppm was observed in 30 Arabica coffees of assured origin. This signal has previously been believed absent from Arabicas, and has been used as a marker for detecting adulteration with r ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.12.034
PubMed:
29329870
PubMed Central:
PMC5774150

19. Assessment of adulteration in raw herbal trade of important medicinal plants of India using DNA barcoding

Author:
Santhosh Kumar, J.U.; Krishna, V.; Seethapathy, G.S.; Ganesan, R.; Ravikanth, G.; Shaanker, R.Uma
Source:
3 Biotech 2018 v.8 no.3 pp. 135
ISSN:
2190-572X
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; DNA barcoding; health hazards; markets; medicinal plants; trade; India;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... A number of studies have shown that there could be widespread substitution and/or adulteration (hereafter referred to as substitution) in raw herbal trade of medicinal plants. Substitution could potentially endanger the health and safety of the consumers. In this study, the extent of adulteration in raw herbal trade of 30 important medicinal plants in South India was analyzed. Biological reference ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13205-018-1169-3
PubMed:
29479511
PubMed Central:
PMC5814391

20. Rapid visible–near infrared (Vis–NIR) spectroscopic detection and quantification of unripe banana flour adulteration with wheat flour

Author:
Ndlovu, Phindile Faith; Magwaza, Lembe Samukelo; Tesfay, Samson Zeray; Mphahlele, Rebogile Ramaesele
Source:
Journal of food science and technology 2019 v.56 no.12 pp. 5484-5491
ISSN:
0022-1155
Subject:
adulterated products,   etc   ; banana flour; gluten-free foods; industry; infrared spectroscopy; least squares; models; monitoring; resistant starch; retail marketing; spectral analysis; spectrometers; wheat flour;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Unripe banana flour is a premium nutritious product with a potential to curb degenerative diseases through resistant starch and gluten free traits, however, with scant techniques to monitor adulteration practices. The objective of the present study was to determine the efficacy of visible–near infrared spectroscopy (Vis–NIR) spectroscopy (Vis–NIRS) in the detection and quantification of unripe ban ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13197-019-04020-0
PubMed:
31749496
PubMed Central:
PMC6838284