DNA barcoding reveals mislabeling and commercial fraud in the marketing of fillets of the genus Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862, the Amazonian freshwater catfishes economically important in Brazil

DNA barcoding reveals mislabeling and commercial fraud in the marketing of fillets of the genus Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862, the Amazonian freshwater catfishes economically important in Brazil

The substitution and mislabeling is facilitated by the processing of fish products. We employed a DNA barcoding to authenticate fillets labeled as “dourada” (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii), and “piramutaba” (Brachyplatystoma vaillantii) marketed in the Brazil. A 615 bp of the Cytochrome oxidase subun...

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Main Authors: Soraia Costa de Carvalho, Iracilda Sampaio, Simoni Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Food science
Food analysis
Industry
DNA barcoding
Species substitution
Processed fish
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402031731X

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