List of works - Isabel Mafra

A Comprehensive Review on the Main Honey Authentication Issues: Production and Origin

article

A PCR assay to detect trace amounts of soybean in meat sausages

A SYBR Green real-time PCR assay to detect and quantify pork meat in processed poultry meat products

scientific article published on 8 January 2013

A duplex polymerase chain reaction for the quantitative detection of cows’ milk in goats’ milk cheese

article by Isabel Mafra et al published September 2007 in International Dairy Journal

A new real-time PCR quantitative approach for the detection of shrimp crustaceans as potential allergens

A novel approach to the quantification of bovine milk in ovine cheeses using a duplex polymerase chain reaction method.

scientific article

A survey on genetically modified maize in foods commercialised in Portugal

article

Advances in vegetable oil authentication by DNA-based markers

Advances on the molecular characterization, clinical relevance, and detection methods of Gadiform parvalbumin allergens

scientific article published on 29 December 2015

Allergenic and novel food proteins: State of the art and challenges in the allergenicity assessment

Almond allergens: molecular characterization, detection, and clinical relevance

scientific article published on 02 February 2012

An overview on fish and shellfish allergens and current methods of detection

scholarly article by Telmo J.R. Fernandes et al published 28 May 2015 in Food and Agricultural Immunology

Animal Species Authentication in Dairy Products

scientific article published on 14 April 2022

Are Physicochemical Properties Shaping the Allergenic Potency of Animal Allergens?

scientific article published on 07 January 2021

Are Physicochemical Properties Shaping the Allergenic Potency of Plant Allergens?

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

Assessing hazelnut allergens by protein- and DNA-based approaches: LC-MS/MS, ELISA and real-time PCR.

scientific article

Authentication of a traditional game meat sausage (Alheira) by species-specific PCR assays to detect hare, rabbit, red deer, pork and cow meats

article

Botanical authentication of lavender (Lavandula spp.) honey by a novel DNA-barcoding approach coupled to high resolution melting analysis

Botanical origin authentication of dietary supplements by DNA-based approaches

scientific article published on 06 March 2020

Bovine Milk Allergens: A Comprehensive Review

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

Cashew Nut Allergy: Clinical Relevance and Allergen Characterisation.

scientific article

Characterization of Three Portuguese Varietal Olive Oils Based on Fatty Acids, Triacylglycerols, Phytosterols and Vitamin E Profiles

article

Combined effects of matrix and gene marker on the real-time PCR detection of wheat

article

Comparative study of DNA extraction methods for soybean derived food products

DNA barcoding coupled to HRM analysis as a new and simple tool for the authentication of Gadidae fish species.

scientific article

DNA extraction from plant food supplements: Influence of different pharmaceutical excipients.

scientific article published on 12 June 2015

Detection and Quantification of Milk Ingredients as Hidden Allergens in Meat Products by a Novel Specific Real-Time PCR Method

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

Detection of genetically modified soybean DNA in refined vegetable oils

article published in 2010

Development of a sandwich ELISA-type system for the detection and quantification of hazelnut in model chocolates

scientific article published on 13 October 2014

Dimeric calcium complexes of arabinan-rich pectic polysaccharides from Olea europaea L. cell walls

article published in 2006

Edible Insects as a Novel Source of Bioactive Peptides: A Systematic Review

scientific article published in 2023

Effect of black oxidising table olive process on the cell wall polysaccharides of olive pulp (Olea europaea L. var. Negrinha do Douro)

article by Isabel Mafra et al published July 2006 in Carbohydrate Polymers

Effect of dry-salt processing on the textural properties and cell wall polysaccharides of cv. Thasos black olives

Effect of food matrix and thermal processing on the performance of a normalised quantitative real-time PCR approach for lupine (Lupinus albus) detection as a potential allergenic food

scientific article published on 22 April 2018

Effect of ripening on texture, microstructure and cell wall polysaccharide composition of olive fruit (Olea europaea)

article

Effect of thermal processing on the performance of the novel single-tube nested real-time PCR for the detection of walnut allergens in sponge cakes

Effects of ohmic heating on the immunoreactivity of β-lactoglobulin - a relationship towards structural aspects

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

Eggspectation: organic egg authentication method challenged with produce from ten different countries

article by S.M. van Ruth et al published March 2013 in Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops and Foods

Electrochemical magnetoassay coupled to PCR as a quantitative approach to detect the soybean transgenic event GTS40-3-2 in foods

EvaGreen real-time PCR to determine horse meat adulteration in processed foods

Exploiting 16S rRNA gene for the detection and quantification of fish as a potential allergenic food: A comparison of two real-time PCR approaches.

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

Exploiting DNA mini-barcodes as molecular markers to authenticate saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

Food authentication by PCR-based methods

HRM analysis targeting ITS1 and matK loci as potential DNA mini-barcodes for the authentication of Hypericum perforatum and Hypericum androsaemum in herbal infusions

article

Hazelnut Allergens: Molecular Characterization, Detection, and Clinical Relevance.

scientific article

High resolution melting analysis as a new approach to detect almond DNA encoding for Pru du 5 allergen in foods

article

High resolution melting analysis as a new approach to discriminate gluten-containing cereals.

scientific article published on 12 May 2016

High resolution melting analysis of a COI mini-barcode as a new approach for Penaeidae shrimp species discrimination

Identification of duck, partridge, pheasant, quail, chicken and turkey meats by species-specific PCR assays to assess the authenticity of traditional game meat Alheira sausages

Identification of hare meat by a species-specific marker of mitochondrial origin.

scientific article published on 12 November 2011

Improving DNA isolation from honey for the botanical origin identification

In silico and experimental evaluation of DNA-based detection methods for the ability to discriminate almond from other Prunus spp.

scientific article published on 5 December 2014

In silico peptide prediction for antibody generation to recognize 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) in genetically modified organisms.

scientific article published on March 2015

Letter to the editor

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

Lupine allergens: Clinical relevance, molecular characterization, cross-reactivity, and detection strategies

scientific article published on 11 October 2020

Machine Learning Approaches Applied to GC-FID Fatty Acid Profiles to Discriminate Wild from Farmed Salmon

scientific article published on 07 November 2020

Matrix-normalised real-time PCR approach to quantify soybean as a potential food allergen as affected by thermal processing.

scientific article published on 22 October 2016

Monitoring genetically modified soybean along the industrial soybean oil extraction and refining processes by polymerase chain reaction techniques

Natural Variation of Hazelnut Allergenicity: Is There Any Potential for Selecting Hypoallergenic Varieties?

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

Naturally fermented black olives: Effect on cell wall polysaccharides and on enzyme activities of Taggiasca and Conservolea varieties

Novel approach based on single-tube nested real-time PCR to detect almond allergens in foods

Novel diagnostic tools for Asian (Apis cerana) and European (Apis mellifera) honey authentication

scientific article published on 2 December 2017

Novel quantitative real-time PCR approach to determine safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) adulteration in saffron (Crocus sativus).

scientific article

Peptide selection and antibody generation for the prospective immunorecognition of Cry1Ab16 protein of transgenic maize

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

Pistachio nut allergy: An updated overview

scientific article published on 19 September 2017

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Olive Oils and Other Vegetable Oils; Potential for Carcinogenesis

Potential efficacy of processing technologies for mitigating crustacean allergenicity

scientific article published on 31 May 2018

Quantitative detection of pork meat by EvaGreen real-time PCR to assess the authenticity of processed meat products

article by Joana S. Amaral et al published February 2017 in Food Control

Quantitative detection of poultry meat adulteration with pork by a duplex PCR assay.

scientific article published on 6 March 2010

Quantitative detection of soybean in meat products by a TaqMan real-time PCR assay

scientific article published on 18 April 2014

Refining of Roundup Ready® soya bean oil: Effect on the fatty acid, phytosterol and tocopherol profiles

Ripening-related changes in the cell walls of olive (Olea europaea L.) pulp of two consecutive harvests

Screening new gene markers for gluten detection in foods

article

Seasonal change in main alkaloids of jaborandi (Pilocarpus microphyllus Stapf ex Wardleworth), an economically important species from the Brazilian flora.

scientific article

Single-tube nested real-time PCR as a new highly sensitive approach to trace hazelnut.

scientific article published on 13 August 2012

Structural ripening-related changes of the arabinan-rich pectic polysaccharides from olive pulp cell walls.

scientific article published on 21 July 2007

The combined effects of black oxidising table olive process and ripening on the cell wall polysaccharides of olive pulp

article by Isabel Mafra et al published April 2007 in Carbohydrate Polymers

Towards honey authentication: Differentiation of Apis mellifera subspecies in European honeys based on mitochondrial DNA markers

scientific article published on 14 January 2019

Tracing transgenic maize as affected by breadmaking process and raw material for the production of a traditional maize bread, broa.

scientific article

Tracing tree nut allergens in chocolate: A comparison of DNA extraction protocols

scientific article published on 23 April 2015

Tracing two Roundup Ready™ soybean lines (GTS 40-3-2 and MON89788) in foods commercialised in Portugal

article

Traditional and industrial oven-dry processing of olive fruits: influence on textural properties, cell wall polysaccharide composition, and enzymatic activity

article

Walnut allergens: molecular characterization, detection and clinical relevance.

scientific article published on March 2014

List of works by Isabel Mafra

A Comprehensive Review on the Main Honey Authentication Issues: Production and Origin

A PCR assay to detect trace amounts of soybean in meat sausages

A SYBR Green real-time PCR assay to detect and quantify pork meat in processed poultry meat products

A duplex polymerase chain reaction for the quantitative detection of cows’ milk in goats’ milk cheese

A new real-time PCR quantitative approach for the detection of shrimp crustaceans as potential allergens

A novel approach to the quantification of bovine milk in ovine cheeses using a duplex polymerase chain reaction method.

A survey on genetically modified maize in foods commercialised in Portugal

Advances in vegetable oil authentication by DNA-based markers

Advances on the molecular characterization, clinical relevance, and detection methods of Gadiform parvalbumin allergens

Allergenic and novel food proteins: State of the art and challenges in the allergenicity assessment

Almond allergens: molecular characterization, detection, and clinical relevance

An overview on fish and shellfish allergens and current methods of detection

Animal Species Authentication in Dairy Products

Are Physicochemical Properties Shaping the Allergenic Potency of Animal Allergens?

Are Physicochemical Properties Shaping the Allergenic Potency of Plant Allergens?

Assessing hazelnut allergens by protein- and DNA-based approaches: LC-MS/MS, ELISA and real-time PCR.

Authentication of a traditional game meat sausage (Alheira) by species-specific PCR assays to detect hare, rabbit, red deer, pork and cow meats

Botanical authentication of lavender (Lavandula spp.) honey by a novel DNA-barcoding approach coupled to high resolution melting analysis

Botanical origin authentication of dietary supplements by DNA-based approaches

Bovine Milk Allergens: A Comprehensive Review

Cashew Nut Allergy: Clinical Relevance and Allergen Characterisation.

Characterization of Three Portuguese Varietal Olive Oils Based on Fatty Acids, Triacylglycerols, Phytosterols and Vitamin E Profiles

Combined effects of matrix and gene marker on the real-time PCR detection of wheat

Comparative study of DNA extraction methods for soybean derived food products

DNA barcoding coupled to HRM analysis as a new and simple tool for the authentication of Gadidae fish species.

DNA extraction from plant food supplements: Influence of different pharmaceutical excipients.

Detection and Quantification of Milk Ingredients as Hidden Allergens in Meat Products by a Novel Specific Real-Time PCR Method

Detection of genetically modified soybean DNA in refined vegetable oils

Development of a sandwich ELISA-type system for the detection and quantification of hazelnut in model chocolates

Dimeric calcium complexes of arabinan-rich pectic polysaccharides from Olea europaea L. cell walls

Edible Insects as a Novel Source of Bioactive Peptides: A Systematic Review

Effect of black oxidising table olive process on the cell wall polysaccharides of olive pulp (Olea europaea L. var. Negrinha do Douro)

Effect of dry-salt processing on the textural properties and cell wall polysaccharides of cv. Thasos black olives

Effect of food matrix and thermal processing on the performance of a normalised quantitative real-time PCR approach for lupine (Lupinus albus) detection as a potential allergenic food

Effect of ripening on texture, microstructure and cell wall polysaccharide composition of olive fruit (Olea europaea)

Effect of thermal processing on the performance of the novel single-tube nested real-time PCR for the detection of walnut allergens in sponge cakes

Effects of ohmic heating on the immunoreactivity of β-lactoglobulin - a relationship towards structural aspects

Eggspectation: organic egg authentication method challenged with produce from ten different countries

Electrochemical magnetoassay coupled to PCR as a quantitative approach to detect the soybean transgenic event GTS40-3-2 in foods

EvaGreen real-time PCR to determine horse meat adulteration in processed foods

Exploiting 16S rRNA gene for the detection and quantification of fish as a potential allergenic food: A comparison of two real-time PCR approaches.

Exploiting DNA mini-barcodes as molecular markers to authenticate saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

Food authentication by PCR-based methods

HRM analysis targeting ITS1 and matK loci as potential DNA mini-barcodes for the authentication of Hypericum perforatum and Hypericum androsaemum in herbal infusions

Hazelnut Allergens: Molecular Characterization, Detection, and Clinical Relevance.

High resolution melting analysis as a new approach to detect almond DNA encoding for Pru du 5 allergen in foods

High resolution melting analysis as a new approach to discriminate gluten-containing cereals.

High resolution melting analysis of a COI mini-barcode as a new approach for Penaeidae shrimp species discrimination

Identification of duck, partridge, pheasant, quail, chicken and turkey meats by species-specific PCR assays to assess the authenticity of traditional game meat Alheira sausages

Identification of hare meat by a species-specific marker of mitochondrial origin.

Improving DNA isolation from honey for the botanical origin identification

In silico and experimental evaluation of DNA-based detection methods for the ability to discriminate almond from other Prunus spp.

In silico peptide prediction for antibody generation to recognize 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) in genetically modified organisms.

Letter to the editor

Lupine allergens: Clinical relevance, molecular characterization, cross-reactivity, and detection strategies

Machine Learning Approaches Applied to GC-FID Fatty Acid Profiles to Discriminate Wild from Farmed Salmon

Matrix-normalised real-time PCR approach to quantify soybean as a potential food allergen as affected by thermal processing.

Monitoring genetically modified soybean along the industrial soybean oil extraction and refining processes by polymerase chain reaction techniques

Natural Variation of Hazelnut Allergenicity: Is There Any Potential for Selecting Hypoallergenic Varieties?

Naturally fermented black olives: Effect on cell wall polysaccharides and on enzyme activities of Taggiasca and Conservolea varieties

Novel approach based on single-tube nested real-time PCR to detect almond allergens in foods

Novel diagnostic tools for Asian (Apis cerana) and European (Apis mellifera) honey authentication

Novel quantitative real-time PCR approach to determine safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) adulteration in saffron (Crocus sativus).

Peptide selection and antibody generation for the prospective immunorecognition of Cry1Ab16 protein of transgenic maize

Pistachio nut allergy: An updated overview

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Olive Oils and Other Vegetable Oils; Potential for Carcinogenesis

Potential efficacy of processing technologies for mitigating crustacean allergenicity

Quantitative detection of pork meat by EvaGreen real-time PCR to assess the authenticity of processed meat products

Quantitative detection of poultry meat adulteration with pork by a duplex PCR assay.

Quantitative detection of soybean in meat products by a TaqMan real-time PCR assay

Refining of Roundup Ready® soya bean oil: Effect on the fatty acid, phytosterol and tocopherol profiles

Ripening-related changes in the cell walls of olive (Olea europaea L.) pulp of two consecutive harvests

Screening new gene markers for gluten detection in foods

Seasonal change in main alkaloids of jaborandi (Pilocarpus microphyllus Stapf ex Wardleworth), an economically important species from the Brazilian flora.

Single-tube nested real-time PCR as a new highly sensitive approach to trace hazelnut.

Structural ripening-related changes of the arabinan-rich pectic polysaccharides from olive pulp cell walls.

The combined effects of black oxidising table olive process and ripening on the cell wall polysaccharides of olive pulp

Towards honey authentication: Differentiation of Apis mellifera subspecies in European honeys based on mitochondrial DNA markers

Tracing transgenic maize as affected by breadmaking process and raw material for the production of a traditional maize bread, broa.