Portable Molecular Diagnostics Device for Identification of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification
<i>Asini Corii Colla</i> (ACC; donkey-hide glue) is one of the most valuable tonic traditional Chinese medicines. Because of the large demand for gelatinous Chinese medicines, bovine or swine skin was sometimes used to make adulterated gelatine in recent decades. Food chemicals can great...
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| description | <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> (ACC; donkey-hide glue) is one of the most valuable tonic traditional Chinese medicines. Because of the large demand for gelatinous Chinese medicines, bovine or swine skin was sometimes used to make adulterated gelatine in recent decades. Food chemicals can greatly harm people’s health, and detecting chemicals in foods is extremely important. A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) device with smartphone detection is demonstrated in this study for detecting the DNA of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i>. The complete system is composed of a hand-held box equipped with a smartphone, a cartridge heater, an ultraviolet LED, a disposable reaction tube, and a homemade thermal module. All the processes are powered by a set of rechargeable batteries. Comprehensive experiments of measuring temperature profiles are presented, which showed the accuracy of temperature under thermal control is less than 0.5 °C. By implementing one heating module with an ATmega328p-au microcontroller in the device, the DNA mixture is heated directly up to the reaction temperature within 5 min. Next, a DNA segment of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> is utilized to evaluate the sensitivity of the DNA amplification in the portable device. A limit of detection to a concentration of 10<sup>−4</sup> ng/μL is achieved. Real-time detection of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> by a smartphone camera can be achieved using this portable device. The unique architecture utilized in this device is ideal for a low-cost DNA analysis system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd56d5b28c84462a86f230bec336b2b72023-11-22T13:37:38ZengMDPI AGInventions2411-51342021-07-01635110.3390/inventions6030051Portable Molecular Diagnostics Device for Identification of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> by Loop-Mediated Isothermal AmplificationShyangchwen Sheu0Chungyu Huang1Jyhjian Chen2Department of Food Science, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, 1, Shuefu Road, Neipu, Pingtung 91201, TaiwanDepartment of Biomechatronics Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, 1, Shuefu Road, Neipu, Pingtung 91201, TaiwanDepartment of Biomechatronics Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, 1, Shuefu Road, Neipu, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan<i>Asini Corii Colla</i> (ACC; donkey-hide glue) is one of the most valuable tonic traditional Chinese medicines. Because of the large demand for gelatinous Chinese medicines, bovine or swine skin was sometimes used to make adulterated gelatine in recent decades. Food chemicals can greatly harm people’s health, and detecting chemicals in foods is extremely important. A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) device with smartphone detection is demonstrated in this study for detecting the DNA of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i>. The complete system is composed of a hand-held box equipped with a smartphone, a cartridge heater, an ultraviolet LED, a disposable reaction tube, and a homemade thermal module. All the processes are powered by a set of rechargeable batteries. Comprehensive experiments of measuring temperature profiles are presented, which showed the accuracy of temperature under thermal control is less than 0.5 °C. By implementing one heating module with an ATmega328p-au microcontroller in the device, the DNA mixture is heated directly up to the reaction temperature within 5 min. Next, a DNA segment of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> is utilized to evaluate the sensitivity of the DNA amplification in the portable device. A limit of detection to a concentration of 10<sup>−4</sup> ng/μL is achieved. Real-time detection of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> by a smartphone camera can be achieved using this portable device. The unique architecture utilized in this device is ideal for a low-cost DNA analysis system.https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/6/3/51loop-mediated isothermal amplification<i>Asini Corii Colla</i>smartphonereal-time detectionfood security |
| spellingShingle | Shyangchwen Sheu Chungyu Huang Jyhjian Chen Portable Molecular Diagnostics Device for Identification of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Inventions loop-mediated isothermal amplification <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> smartphone real-time detection food security |
| title | Portable Molecular Diagnostics Device for Identification of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification |
| title_full | Portable Molecular Diagnostics Device for Identification of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification |
| title_fullStr | Portable Molecular Diagnostics Device for Identification of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Portable Molecular Diagnostics Device for Identification of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification |
| title_short | Portable Molecular Diagnostics Device for Identification of <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification |
| title_sort | portable molecular diagnostics device for identification of i asini corii colla i by loop mediated isothermal amplification |
| topic | loop-mediated isothermal amplification <i>Asini Corii Colla</i> smartphone real-time detection food security |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/6/3/51 |
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