MUMBAI, India, Aug. 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511002407 A) filed by Indian Council Of Agricultural Research on January 10, 2025, for Spore Based Paper Strip Sensor For Detection Of Aflatoxin B1 In Food And Feed.
Inventors include Dr. Priya Kalyan; Mr. Srishti Patel; Dr. Naresh Kumar; Dr. Raghu H V; and Dr. Rajan Sharma.
The application for the patent was published on July 31, 2026, under issue no. 31/2026.
Abstract: A two-stage enzyme-substrate based paper strip sensor has been developed for the rapid detection of Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), leveraging Bacillus stearothermophilus- based spores and a-glucosidase as the marker enzyme. Screening of six enzymes identified a-glucosidase as the most sens...