Comparison of gene nature used in real-time PCR for porcine identification and quantification: a review

Pork adulteration has been a major concern nowadays for Halal verification. Unintentional pork inclusion by contamination in highly processed food materials involves a minute amount of porcine DNA to be detected, emphasizing the need of specific and sensitive method for porcine detection. Real-time...

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Main Authors: Mohamad, Nurhidayatul Asma, El Sheikha, Aly Farag, Mustafa, Shuhaimi, Khairil Mokhtar, Nur Fadhilah
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013
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author Mohamad, Nurhidayatul Asma
El Sheikha, Aly Farag
Mustafa, Shuhaimi
Khairil Mokhtar, Nur Fadhilah
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Mustafa, Shuhaimi
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description Pork adulteration has been a major concern nowadays for Halal verification. Unintentional pork inclusion by contamination in highly processed food materials involves a minute amount of porcine DNA to be detected, emphasizing the need of specific and sensitive method for porcine detection. Real-time PCR is a widely used technique for species identification that can serve this purpose besides providing a powerful quantification method. Incorporation of a highly sensitive and specific probe can greatly improve the specificity and sensitivity of the assay. However, derivation of PCR primers, either from nuclear DNA (nDNA) or mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) can relatively affect the sensitivity and specificity of the reaction as well as the quantitative measurement. In this review, both types of DNA are compared in terms of their characteristics and their influence on species identification and quantification using real-time PCR.
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spelling upm-280642016-04-21T04:28:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28064/ Comparison of gene nature used in real-time PCR for porcine identification and quantification: a review Mohamad, Nurhidayatul Asma El Sheikha, Aly Farag Mustafa, Shuhaimi Khairil Mokhtar, Nur Fadhilah Pork adulteration has been a major concern nowadays for Halal verification. Unintentional pork inclusion by contamination in highly processed food materials involves a minute amount of porcine DNA to be detected, emphasizing the need of specific and sensitive method for porcine detection. Real-time PCR is a widely used technique for species identification that can serve this purpose besides providing a powerful quantification method. Incorporation of a highly sensitive and specific probe can greatly improve the specificity and sensitivity of the assay. However, derivation of PCR primers, either from nuclear DNA (nDNA) or mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) can relatively affect the sensitivity and specificity of the reaction as well as the quantitative measurement. In this review, both types of DNA are compared in terms of their characteristics and their influence on species identification and quantification using real-time PCR. Elsevier 2013-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28064/1/Comparison%20of%20gene%20nature%20used%20in%20real-time%20PCR%20for%20porcine%20identification%20and%20quantification%20a%20review.pdf Mohamad, Nurhidayatul Asma and El Sheikha, Aly Farag and Mustafa, Shuhaimi and Khairil Mokhtar, Nur Fadhilah (2013) Comparison of gene nature used in real-time PCR for porcine identification and quantification: a review. Food Research International, 50 (1). pp. 330-338. ISSN 0963-9969; ESSN: 1873-7145 10.1016/j.foodres.2012.10.047
spellingShingle Mohamad, Nurhidayatul Asma
El Sheikha, Aly Farag
Mustafa, Shuhaimi
Khairil Mokhtar, Nur Fadhilah
Comparison of gene nature used in real-time PCR for porcine identification and quantification: a review
title Comparison of gene nature used in real-time PCR for porcine identification and quantification: a review
title_full Comparison of gene nature used in real-time PCR for porcine identification and quantification: a review
title_fullStr Comparison of gene nature used in real-time PCR for porcine identification and quantification: a review
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of gene nature used in real-time PCR for porcine identification and quantification: a review
title_short Comparison of gene nature used in real-time PCR for porcine identification and quantification: a review
title_sort comparison of gene nature used in real-time pcr for porcine identification and quantification: a review
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