Workshop overview: Approaches to the assessment of the allergenic potential of food from genetically modified crops

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-16

  Ladics, Gregory S ^a   Holsapple, Michael P ^b   Astwood, James D ^c   Kimber, Ian ^d   Knippels, Leon M J ^e   Helm, Ricki M ^f   Dong, Wumin ^g  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b International Life Sciences Institute   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^d JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; GENE PRODUCT;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; BIOINFORMATICS; DIGESTION; EXPOSURE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRICK TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKSHOP;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLANT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0038663110     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfg055     Document Type: Review

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