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  • Title: A novel approach to the quantification of bovine milk in ovine cheeses using a duplex polymerase chain reaction method.
    Author: Mafra I, Ferreira IM, Faria MA, Oliveira BP.
    Journal: J Agric Food Chem; 2004 Aug 11; 52(16):4943-7. PubMed ID: 15291455.
    Abstract:
    A duplex Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method able to detect bovine milk in ovine cheeses was developed. This method is based on the mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA genes to generate fragments of different lengths. The proposed methodology presents an alternative DNA extraction procedure faster and more economical than the kits commercially available. A linear normalized calibration curve was obtained between the log of the ratio of the bovine band intensity and the sum of bovine and ovine band intensities versus the log of cow's milk percentage. The method was applied successfully to the detection and quantification of raw, pasteurized, and powdered bovine milk in different cheeses. The proposed duplex PCR provides a simple, sensitive, and accurate approach to detect as low as 0.1% bovine milk in cheeses and to quantify bovine milk in ovine cheeses in the range of 1-50%.
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