Jiangsong Peng, Ye Li, Xiaoli Deng, Mengyao Lu, Chunbin Yang, Yuping Shen, Guohua Xia, Huan Yang
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Abstract
Leeches are a well-known animal-derived health supplement commonly used as an anticoagulation and antithrombosis agent; however, adulteration and counterfeiting are often made for illegal profits. To identify leech species, this study developed a rapid, simple, and visualized method based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), which relies on a specific primer set designed according to the mitochondrial DNA control region of the target species. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was also employed in parallel to compare the sensitivity and confirm the primer specificity. Primer sets with high specificity were successfully screened for LAMP reactions against four common leech species on the market. All of them have produced typical amplification profiles of the target sequences in qPCR reactions with significantly lower amplification sensitivity than LAMP assay. The newly established LAMP method in this study can be accomplished within 1 h, and it could be successfully applied for on-site visual identification of mislabeling and adulteration in the leech market.
期刊介绍:
Food Analytical Methods publishes original articles, review articles, and notes on novel and/or state-of-the-art analytical methods or issues to be solved, as well as significant improvements or interesting applications to existing methods. These include analytical technology and methodology for food microbial contaminants, food chemistry and toxicology, food quality, food authenticity and food traceability. The journal covers fundamental and specific aspects of the development, optimization, and practical implementation in routine laboratories, and validation of food analytical methods for the monitoring of food safety and quality.