The adventitious presence of unauthorized genetically modified organisms is becoming a concern for producers, manufacturers, consumers and other participants in the supply chain of food and feed products. A special part of a decision support system was dedicated to this problem in the Co-Extra project (Co-Extra: GM and non-GM supply chains: their CO-EXistence and TRAceability EU FP6 Integrated ...

Legislation enacted worldwide to regulate the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in crops, foods and ingredients, necessitated the development of reliable and sensitive methods for GMO detection. In this article, protein- and DNA-based methods employing western blots, enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay, lateral flow strips, Southern blots, qualitative-, quantitative-, real-time- a...

The rapid increase in the number of genetically modified (GM) varieties has led to a demand for high-throughput methods to detect genetically modified organisms (GMOs). We describe a new dynamic array-based high throughput method to simultaneously detect 48 targets in 48 samples on a Fludigm system. The test targets included species-specific genes, common screening elements, most of the Chinese...

India is one of the richest known in terms biodiversity, especially northern Jammu and Kashmir beautiful geographical regions world hub medicinal plants. Two plants namely Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Malwa sylvestris were selected for study. The aim this research was to investigate presence preliminary phytochemicals determine total flavonoid phenolic content. Isolation phytoconstituents analyzed thr...

In recent decades, biotechnologists have striven to improve the quantity and quality of food supply. Producing genetically modified (GM) foods is one of the main goals and many countries all over the world have approved the distribution and consumption of the labeled GM foods in their own regions. However, there are still few groups having concerns about allergenicity of GM foods. This review h...

Although exposure to bacteria has been assessed in cabin air previously, minimal numbers of samples have been collected in-flight. The purpose of this research was to comprehensively characterize bacterial concentrations in the aircraft cabin. Twelve randomly selected flights were sampled on Boeing-767 aircraft, each with a flight duration between 4.5 and 6.5 h. N-6 impactors were used to colle...

BACKGROUND The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has introduced a concept for the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified (GM) plants which foresees the definition of ecological threshold values defining acceptable adverse effects of the GM plant on the environment (Limits of Concern, LoC). METHODS We analysed the LoC concept by scrutinising its feasibility with regard to im...

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are defined as plant and animal products produced using scientific techniques that involve taking the genes from one plant or animal species and inserting them in another species to transfer a desired trait or characteristic. For agricultural producers, GM crops have led to reduced production costs, enhanced yields, and the potential for increased profits. ...