A sensitive new test can detect trace amounts of peanuts' DNA in food

DNA-based method detects trace amounts of peanut in foods

By American Chemical Society —— Bio and Archives--September 10, 2018

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For people with severe peanut allergies, eating even miniscule amounts of the legume can trigger anaphylaxis --- a life-threatening condition characterized by dizziness, breathing difficulties and, sometimes, loss of consciousness. Now, researchers have developed a sensitive new test to detect trace amounts of peanuts in foods using the peanuts' DNA. They report their results in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

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