aflatoxin m1 (afm1) is a hydroxylated metabolite of the carcinogen aflatoxin b1 (afb1), and may be found in the milk of lactating animals that have ingested feedstuffs contaminated with afb1 between jun 2010 and march 2011, 149 samples of pasteurized (n=90) and uht (n=59) milk were collected from supermarkets in the cities of shiraz, khuzestan and yazed, iran. all samples were analyzed for afm1...

A capillary zone electrophoresis method for the determination of Na in milk and milk products was developed and compared with an International Organization for Standardization/International Dairy Federation standard method that is based on flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The adoption of a background electrolyte consisting of 10 mM imidazole adjusted to pH 3.75 by the addition of oxalic ac...

BACKGROUND In the context of food, convenience is generally associated with less healthy foods. Given the reality of present-biased preferences, if convenience was associated with healthier foods and less healthy foods were less convenient, people would likely consume healthier foods. This study examines the application of this principle in a school lunchroom where healthier foods were made mor...

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based biosensors generate real-time binding data and is therefore well suited to analyse binding kinetics of two interacting molecules as well as for concentration measurements. Folate-binding protein (FBP) is present in, among others, milk and may affect intestinal absorption of folate. The objectives of this work were to investigate both the occurrence of bovin...

Aseptic ultra-high-temperature (UHT)-type processed food products (e.g., milk or soup) are ready to eat products which are consumed extensively globally due to a combination of their comparative high quality and long shelf life, with no cold chain or other preservation requirements. Due to the inherent microbial vulnerability of aseptic-UHT product formulations, the safety and stability-related...

This paper reports the optimisation of a competitive immunoassay (ELISA) to detect lactosylated proteins in milk samples. The assay employs monoclonal antibodies for lactosylated proteins produced in our laboratory and requires no pre-treatment of the samples other than a dilution step. Monoclonal antibodies were fully characterised in terms of selectivity and cross-reactivity with structurally...

Camel is known as “Ship of the Desert”. Camel milk is different from cow milk in its chemical composition but it contains all essential nutrients as cow milk. Indian camels yield 3.5 kg to 10 kg of milk per day. The taste of camel milk depends upon availability of plants for grazing. The water content of camel milk fluctuates from 84 percent to 90 percent. Camel keepers utilize milk either raw,...