Ricin biosensor outperforms current methods to detect food contamination

Ricin, a toxin derived from the castor bean plany may be easily amendable as a deliberate food biocontaminate

This study describes the characterisation and selection of an aptamer against the toxin, ricin B.  The aptamer functioned well in liquid food matrices and was tested against a commercially available ELISA kit.

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A single DNA aptamer functions as a biosensor for ricin
Elise A. Lamont, Lili He, Keith Warriner, Theodore P. Labuza and Srinand Sreevatsan
Analyst
DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15352H

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