Food Hygiene and Safety Science (Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi)
Online ISSN : 1882-1006
Print ISSN : 0015-6426
ISSN-L : 0015-6426
Volume 45, Issue 3
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  • Hiroo WATANABE, Atsuko SATAKE, Yasumasa KIDO, Akio TSUJI
    2004 Volume 45 Issue 3 Pages 107-112
    Published: June 25, 2004
    Released on J-STAGE: January 21, 2009
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    Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against lasalocid and semduramicin were prepared using keyhole limpet hemocyanin conjugates for the immunization of mice. With these MAbs, we developed quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) methods for lasalocid and semduramicin. The ELISAs were quantitative in the ranges of 0.1-50 ng/mL for lasalocid and 0.05-12.5 ng/mL for semduramicin, and showed 50% inhibition concentrations of 1.2 ng/mL for lasalocid and 0.5 ng/mL for semduramicin. The coefficient of variations (CV%) of lasalocid were 0.3-4.4% for intra-assay and 0.5-5.1% for inter-assay and those of semduramicin were 0.1-4.6% for intra-assay and 0.3-5.2% for inter-assay. The detection limits for lasalocid and semduramicin were 10 ng/g and 5 ng/g in chicken liver and muscle, respectively. Based on the immunochromatographic method, rapid test kits for lasalocid and semduramicin were also developed. With these kits, the detection limits of lasalocid were 50 ng/mL for standard solution and 125 ng/g for chicken muscle, and those of semduramicin were 10 ng/mL for standard solution and 100 ng/g for chicken muscle.
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  • Keiko TANAKA, Hirofumi MOTOI, Yukiko HARA-KUDO
    2004 Volume 45 Issue 3 Pages 113-119
    Published: June 25, 2004
    Released on J-STAGE: January 21, 2009
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    An enrichment procedure and a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for the detection of injured Escherichia coli O157 in foods were examined. Freeze-injured E. coli O157 inoculated in boiled spaghetti could be detected in 6-h culture within 12 h by the PCR method. Cells injured by heating in boiled spaghetti and cells injured by chlorine treatment in raw lettuce and carrot did not grow sufficiently to be detected in 6-h culture but were detected in 18-h culture using selective agar media. The injured cells could be also detected in 18-h culture within 24 h by the PCR method. Enrichment at 42°C in trypticase soy broth (TSB) was more effective than that at 42°C in modified EC broth with novobiocin. These results indicated that the usage of enrichment in TSB for 18 h at 42°C in combination with the PCR method is suitable for screening for E. coli O157 in boiled or chlorinated foods, even if the O157 cells are injured.
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  • Hiroshi AKIYAMA, Kazuto ISUZUGAWA, Naoki HARIKAI, Hiroko WATANABE, Ken ...
    2004 Volume 45 Issue 3 Pages 120-127
    Published: June 25, 2004
    Released on J-STAGE: January 21, 2009
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    Extracts of sausage, sauce, cookie, cereal and pasta sauce spiked with milk standard protein at a level of 5-20 ng/mL as sample solutions were analyzed in replicate in 10 laboratories. Coefficients of variation (CVs) of the three ELISA methods using a Milk Protein Casein ELISA Kit (Casein kit), a Milk Protein β-Lactoglobulin ELISA Kit (β-Lactoglobulin kit) and a FASTKITTM Milk ELISA Kit (Milk ELISA kit) were mostly below 10%. Mean recoveries of the milk standard protein from the food extracts were over 40% in the three ELISA methods with a few excertions. The recoveries of milk standard protein from the sauce extract in Casein kit were improved by adjusting the extract to neutrality before the Casein kit assay. The recoveries of milk standard protein from cookie, cereal and pasta sauce were improved by the increasing the amount of antibody coated in the Milk ELISA kit.
    The detection limits of all the ELISA methods were 1 ng/mL in sample solutions. These results suggested that the notified ELISA methods are reliable and reproducible for the inspection of milk protein levels in extracts of sausage, sauce, cookie, cereal and pasta sauce.
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  • Hiroshi AKIYAMA, Kazuto ISUZUGAWA, Naoki HARIKAI, Hiroko WATANABE, Ken ...
    2004 Volume 45 Issue 3 Pages 128-134
    Published: June 25, 2004
    Released on J-STAGE: January 21, 2009
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    Extracts of sausage, sauce, pasta sauce, fish paste and cereal spiked with wheat standard protein at a level of 5-20 ng/mL as sample solutions were analyzed in replicate in 10 laboratories. Coefficients of variation (CVs) of both ELISA methods using a Wheat Protein ELISA Kit (Gliadin kit) and a FASTKITTM Wheat ELISA Kit (Wheat ELISA kit) were mostly below 10%. Mean recoveries of the wheat standard protein from the food extracts were over 40% in the two ELISA methods except those from cereal extract determined using the Wheat ELISA kit. Repeatability relative standard deviations of wheat standard protein in the five food extracts were in the ranges of 16-26.9% and 3.7-36.2% for the Gliadin kit and the Wheat ELISA kit, respectively. Reproducibility relative standard deviations of wheat standard protein in the five food extracts were 21.6-38.5%, 29.7-53.8% for the Gliadin kit and the Wheat ELISA kit, respectively. The recoveries of wheat standard protein from the cereal extract were improved by the increasing the amount of antibody coated on the plate in the Wheat ELISA kit. The detection limits of both ELISA methods were 1 ng/mL in sample solutions. These results suggested that the notified ELISA methods are reliable and reproducible for the inspection of wheat protein levels in extracts of sausage, sauce, pasta sauce, fish paste and cereal.
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  • Masakazu HORIE, Mitsunori MURAYAMA
    2004 Volume 45 Issue 3 Pages 135-140
    Published: June 25, 2004
    Released on J-STAGE: January 21, 2009
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    A sensitive and selective method using liquid chromatography-electrospray mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS) for the determination of carbadox metabolites, quinoxaline-2-carboxylic acid (QCA) and desoxycarbadox (Desoxy-CDX), in swine muscle and liver has been developed. The LC separation was performed on a Cadenza CD-C18 column (10 cm×2 mm i.d.) with a gradient system of 0.01% acetic acid-acetonitrile as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.2 mL/min. Negative ionization produced the [M-H]- molecular ion of QCA. On the other hand, the positive mode produced the [M+H]+ ion of Desoxy-CDX. The calibration graphs for QCA and Desoxy-CDX were rectilinear from 0.01 to 0.5 ng with selected ion monitoring (SIM). The drugs were extracted with 0.3% metaphosphoric acid-methanol (7 : 3), and the extracts were cleaned up on an Oasis HLB cartridge (60 mg) and by liquid-liquid extraction. The recoveries of QCA and Desoxy-CDX from swine muscle and liver fortified at 2.5 and 5 ng/g were 70.2-86.3%, and the detection limits were 1 ng/g for both drugs.
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  • Yoko UEMATSU, Keiko HIRATA, Kumi SUZUKI, Kenji IIDA, Kunihiro KAMATA
    2004 Volume 45 Issue 3 Pages 141-145
    Published: June 25, 2004
    Released on J-STAGE: January 21, 2009
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    Spectrophotometrically determined substances in Yucca extract, listed as “Yucca foam extract” in the “List of Existing Food Additives in Japan”, were investigated by GC/MS, TLC and GC. A TLC method using an anisaldehyde color developing reagent similar to that employed in spectrophotometry was established for selective detection of sapogenins in Yucca extract. Several steroidal sapogenins were found by GC/MS in the fractions corresponding to spots on the TLC plate, and these were assumed to have contributed to the color development in spectrophotometry. Sarsasapogenin and smilagenin were the dominant sapogenins. An on-column injection GC method to determine these sapogenins in Yucca extract was also developed. The sum of these two sapogenins in Yucca extract was 0.9%. The total amount of sapogenin estimated by GC was approximately 2%, which was similar to that measured by spectrophotometry.
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  • Tamao NOGUCHI, Tomohiro TAKATANI, Osamu ARAKAWA
    2004 Volume 45 Issue 3 Pages 146-149
    Published: June 25, 2004
    Released on J-STAGE: January 21, 2009
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    During 1990 to 2003, the toxicity of the liver in 4,515 specimens of the puffer fish Takifugu rubripes (torafugu) cultured in netcages or on land were investigated by means of mouse bioassay and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS). Other tissues (skin, muscles, gonads, etc.) were also investigated in some of them. All the livers and other parts examined were found to be non-toxic. The peak corresponding to tetrodotoxin (TTX) was not detected in the samples by LC/MS analysis for TTX (<0.1 MU/g). These results show that puffer fish fed on a non-toxic diet in netcages do not become intoxicated.
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