Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (DiSTABiF), University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Via Vivaldi 43, 81100-Caserta, Italy..
Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (DiSTABiF), University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Via Vivaldi 43, 81100-Caserta, Italy.; Institute of Crystallography, National Research Council of Italy, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100-Caserta, Italy.
Food Chem. 2024 Nov 15;458:140326. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.140326. Epub 2024 Jul 3.
The global incidence of economically motivated meat adulteration represents a crucial issue for the food industry. Undeclared addition of cheaper or low-quality species to meat products of high commercial value has become a common practice that needs to be countered with specific measures. In this framework, myoglobin (Mb) is a sarcoplasmic haemoprotein, primarily responsible for meat colour and has been successfully used in meat fraud authentication. Mb is highly soluble in water, easily monitored at 409 nm and species-specific. Knowing that various analytical DNA-based and protein-based methods, as well as spectroscopic techniques have been developed over the years for the detection of meat fraud, the aim of the present review is to take stock of the situation regarding the possible use of Mb as a molecular biomarker for the easy and rapid detection of undeclared species in meat products, avoiding the need of sophisticated or expensive equipment and specialised operators.
经济利益驱动的肉类掺假的全球发生率是食品工业的一个关键问题。将更便宜或低质量的物种未经申报地添加到高商业价值的肉类产品中已成为一种常见做法，需要采取具体措施加以应对。在这一框架内，肌红蛋白（Mb）是一种肌浆血红素蛋白，主要负责肉色，已成功用于肉类欺诈鉴定。Mb 在水中高度可溶，在 409nm 处很容易监测，且具有物种特异性。鉴于多年来已经开发出各种基于 DNA 和基于蛋白质的分析方法以及光谱技术来检测肉类欺诈，本综述的目的是评估 Mb 作为分子生物标志物用于轻松快速检测肉类产品中未经申报物种的可能性，避免使用复杂或昂贵的设备和专业操作人员。
