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A PCR Method for Rapid Detection of Buckwheat Ingredients in Food

식품에서 메밀 성분의 검출을 위한 PCR 방법

  • Jeon, Young-Jun (Department of Food Science and Technology, Dongguk University) ;
  • Kang, Eun-Sil (Department of Food Science and Technology, Dongguk University) ;
  • Hong, Kwang-Won (Department of Food Science and Technology, Dongguk University)
  • Published : 2007.12.31
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Abstract

Buckwheat often causes severe allergic reactions in sensitive people. One of the major allergenic proteins in common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) has been found to be a BW10KD protein. In this study, we developed a PCR method to detect buckwheat ingredients in food using primers corresponding to the allergenic BW10KD gene. Five pairs of oligonucleotide primers successfully enabled PCR amplification of the specific regions of the genomic BW10KD DNA from buckwheat, but no amplification from seven other cereals and beans (barley, wheat, German millet, African millet, soybean, red bean, and black bean). The proposed PCR method was applied to analyze 12 processed foods (buckwheat flour, buckwheat noodle, buckwheat jelly, wheat noodle, instant noodle, black sesame gruels, sunsik, cookie, misutkaru, and three kinds of cereal); among them, only three samples including buckwheat flour, buckwheat noodle and buckwheat jelly showed a positive reaction to the detection. This PCR method was able to detect as little as 1 ng of common buckwheat DNA. This rapid and specific PCR method would be applicable to detect allergenic buckwheat ingredients in food.

메밀은 과민한 사람에게 식품알레르기를 일으킬 수 있다. 메밀 보통종의 BW10KD 단백질은 알레르기 유발단백질중의 하나로 알려져 있다. 가공식품에 함유된 메밀성분을 검출하기 위하여 메밀의 알레르기 유발단백질인 BW10KD의 유전자에 특이적인 primer를 사용하는 Polymerase Chain Reaction(PCR) 방법을 개발하였다. BW10KD유전자의 cDNA 염기서열을 이용한 5종의 primer sets로 7종의 다른 곡류 및 두류(보리, 밀, 조, 수수, 대두, 팥, 검은콩)에 대해 PCR을 수행한 결과, 사용한 primer set 모두 메밀에만 특이적인 반응을 나타냈다. 메밀 특이적 PCR방법을 이용하여 12종의 가공식품(메밀가루, 메밀국수, 메밀묵, 밀국수, 라면, 검은깨죽, 선식, 과자, 미숫가루 및 3종류의 시리얼)을 조사한 결과 메밀가루, 메밀묵 그리고 메밀국수가 메밀 성분을 함유하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 메밀특이적 PCR 방법은 메밀 보통종의 DNA를 1 ng까지 검출할 수 있었다. 본 PCR 방법은 식품 중에 함유된 메밀 성분을 신속 정확하게 검출하는데 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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