Allergenic potency of kiwi fruit during fruit development

Food and Agricultural Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-128

  Gavrovic Jankulovic, Marija ^a   Polovic, Natalija ^a   Prisic, Sladjana ^a,d   Jankov, Ratko M ^a   Atanaskovic Markovic, Marina ^b   Vuckovic, Olga ^c   Velickovic, Tanja Cirkovic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Serbia)

^c Torlak Institute   (Serbia)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinidia deliciosa; Actinidin; Allergen; Development; Food allergy; Kiwi fruit; Ripening; Thaumatin like protein

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 27944498639     PISSN: 09540105     EISSN: 14653443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540100500090804     Document Type: Article

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