A matrix effect in pectin-rich fruits hampers digestion of allergen by pepsin in vivo and in vitro

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 764-771

  Polovic, N ^a   Blanusa, M ^a   Gavrovic Jankulovic, M ^a   Atanaskovic Markovic, M ^b   Burazer, L ^c   Jankov, R ^a   Velickovic, T Cirkovic ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Virology   (Serbia)

^d Faculty of Chemistry   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Act c 2; Digestibility assay; Food allergy; Matrix effect; Pectin; Thaumatin like protein

Indexed keywords

ACT C 2 PROTEIN; ALLERGEN; DISACCHARIDE; FOOD ALLERGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOSACCHARIDE; PECTIN; PEPSIN A; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APPLE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BANANA; CHERRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INGESTION; KIWIFRUIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH JUICE; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

ACTINIDIA; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DIGESTION; DISACCHARIDES; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FRUIT; GASTRIC JUICE; HUMANS; MICE; MONOSACCHARIDES; PECTINS; PEPSIN A; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; RABBITS;

EID: 34247376603     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02703.x     Document Type: Article

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