TY - JOUR AU - Bajzí­k, Pavol AU - Golian, Jozef AU - Židek, Radoslav AU - Čapla, Jozef AU - Belej, Ľubomí­r AU - Ondrejka, Matúš AU - Mrázová, Ľubica AU - Maršálková, Lenka PY - 2010/06/16 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Methods for fish species identification in food products JF - Potravinarstvo Slovak Journal of Food Sciences JA - Potr. S. J. F. Sci. VL - 4 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.5219/25 UR - https://potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/25 SP - 1-5 AB - <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The need for identification of fishery products in food is currently ongoing issue for both consumers and producers of food. Consumer interest is driven in one the healthy diet, which prefers fish products, as an indispensable ingredient food and on the other hand, is a potential allergen causing health problems in humans allergic to fish protein. Allergy is a phenomenon that significantly affects human health, as well as overall life expectancy of an individual. The large number of fish species are known to trigger allergic reactions directly food intake or inhalation of fumes only, depending on the sensitivity orgamizmu. Large quantity of fish allergens are proteins from the stock protein to enzymes. Methods used for species identifications of fish in food products are PCR sequencing, multiplex PCR, PCR-RFLP, PCR-SSCP, RAPD, real-time PCR.</p> ER -