New Trends in Food Allergens Detection: Toward Biosensing Strategies

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2016

Authors

Rita C Alves (Author) Other; Fátima F Barroso (Author) Other; María Begoña González-García (Author) Other; Beatriz P.P P Oliveira (Author) FFUP; Cristina C Delerue-Matos (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Vol. 56

Pages: 2304-2319

ISSN: 1040-8398

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 25 Citations

Scopus - 53 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00H-NFM

DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2013.831026

Abstract (EN): Food allergens are a real threat to sensitized individuals. Although food labeling is crucial to provide information to consumers with food allergies, accidental exposure to allergenic proteins may result from undeclared allergenic substances by means of food adulteration, fraud or uncontrolled cross-contamination. Allergens detection in foodstuffs can be a very hard task, due to their presence usually in trace amounts, together with the natural interference of the matrix. Methods for allergens analysis can be mainly divided in two large groups: the immunological assays and the DNA-based ones. Mass spectrometry has also been used as a confirmatory tool. Recently, biosensors appeared as innovative, sensitive, selective, environmentally friendly, cheaper and fast techniques (especially when automated and/or miniaturized), able to effectively replace the classical methodologies. In this review, we present the advances in the field of food allergens detection toward the biosensing strategies and discuss the challenges and future perspectives of this technology.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 16