Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR RECOGNITION
Volume 30, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2650
Keywords
Aflatoxin B-1; aptasensor; competitive binding; fluorescence; food samples
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- Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology [BT/IN/Spain/16/MST/2013]
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Aflatoxin B1 (AFB(1)) is one of the most commonly found mycotoxins in food commodities, particularly cereals, oilseeds, spices and tree nuts. In the past decade, aptamers have come into limelight and emerged as a new biosensing element replacing antibodies in various detection formats. Herein we report a faster, more sensitive, high throughput method for the detection of AFB(1) using AFB(1)-specific aptamers. The assay format was based on a competitive reaction of the fluorescent tagged aptamer specific to AFB(1) with the aflatoxin conjugate. Under optimal conditions, a linear range of detection (50 ng to 50 pg) was achieved with a limit of detection (LOD) of 10 pg/mL in the buffer system. Results of inter-and intra-assay revealed that the assay was repeatable with standard deviation in acceptable range. The assay was also validated in food samples such as dried red chilies, groundnut and whole pepper with recovery in the range of 92 to 102% at 10 ng/mL and 100 pg/mL levels. The aptasensor assay was also compared with standard analytical method of HPLC and was found to be more sensitive. This detection technique has the potential to be developed into a biosensor platform for AFB(1) detection.
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