Zhang T, Xue H, Zhang B, Zhang Y, Song P, Tian X, Xing Y, Wang P, Meng M, Xi R. Determination of folic acid in milk, milk powder and energy drink by an indirect immunoassay.
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2012;
92:2297-2304. [PMID:
22378547 DOI:
10.1002/jsfa.5625]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2011] [Revised: 01/15/2011] [Accepted: 01/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Folic acid (FA) is essential for healthy people (reference daily intake 400 µg day⁻¹) and pregnant women (600 µg day⁻¹). Insufficient intake of FA will increase the risk of neural tube defects in newborns. In this study an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for rapid and convenient detection of FA in vitamin-fortified foods.
RESULTS
A carbodiimide-modified active ester method was used to synthesise the immunogen (FA-bovine serum albumin (BSA) conjugate) to raise polyclonal antibodies for FA. The coupling ratio of FA with BSA was determined to be 14:1 (molar ratio). The detection limit of the immunoassay was 3.0 ng mL⁻¹ in buffer, 3.52 ng mL⁻¹ in energy drink, 11.91 ng mL⁻¹ in milk and 16.50 ng mL⁻¹ in milk powder. Intra- and inter-assay variability ranged from 6.6 to 15.1%. Analytical recoveries of FA-spiked samples were 88.3-108.9%.
CONCLUSION
The immunoassay developed in this study can be used as a simple, rapid and accurate method for fast semi-quantitative and quantitative on-site analysis of FA in food products.
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