A Real-Time PCR Method for the Authentication of Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) in Food Products

Cephalopods are very relevant food resources. The common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) is highly appreciated by consumers and there is a lack of rapid methods for its authentication in food products. We introduce a new minor groove binding (MGB) TaqMan real-time PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) method for the authentication of S. officinalis in food products to amplify a 122 base pairs (bp) fragment of the mitochondrial COI (Cytochrome Oxidase I) region. Reference and commercial samples of S. officinalis showed a threshold cycle (Ct) mean of 14.40, while the rest of the species examined did not amplify, or showed a significantly different Ct (p < 0.001). The calculated efficiency of the system was 101%, and the minimum DNA quantity detected was 10-4 ng. No cross-reactivity was detected with any other species, thus, the designed method differentiates S. officinalis from other species of the genus Sepia and other cephalopod species and works for fresh, frozen, grilled, cooked and canned samples of Sepia spp. The method has proved to be reliable and rapid, and it may prove to be a useful tool for the control of fraud in cuttlefish products.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Foods (Basel, Switzerland) - 9(2020), 3 vom: 04. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Velasco, Amaya [VerfasserIn]
Ramilo-Fernández, Graciela [VerfasserIn]
Sotelo, Carmen G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COI (Cytochrome Oxidase I)
Common cuttlefish
Food authentication
Journal Article
Real-time PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)
Sepia
Sepia officinalis
Species identification

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Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/foods9030286

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307317854