Development of a monoclonal antibody-based immunochemical assay for liquiritin and its application to the quality control of licorice products

J Agric Food Chem. 2014 Apr 16;62(15):3377-83. doi: 10.1021/jf404731z. Epub 2014 Apr 3.

Abstract

Liquiritin was reacted with a keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) to synthesize a liquiritin-KLH conjugate as an immunogen for mice. A hybridoma cell line named 2F8 secreted a monoclonal antibody (mAb) against liquiritin, which was applied to an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for liquiritin. ELISA showed a good linear range from 0.39 to 25 μg/mL of liquiritin. The maximum relative standard deviation (RSD) values for the intra-assay and interassay were approximately 5%. The recovery rates of liquiritin were in the range of 100.9-103.7%, and the concentrations of liquiritin in various licorice roots, as determined by ELISA, showed a good correlation with those analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC; R² = 0.948). These results suggested that ELISA with anti-liquiritin mAb could be a simple, rapid, convenient, and accurate method for the high-throughput analysis of liquiritin in various licorice products including liqueurs, sweets, and food supplements.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / analysis
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / instrumentation
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods*
  • Flavanones / analysis*
  • Food Additives / analysis*
  • Glucosides / analysis*
  • Glycyrrhiza / chemistry*
  • Quality Control

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Flavanones
  • Food Additives
  • Glucosides
  • liquiritin