Effects of gastrointestinal digestion and heating on the allergenicity of the kiwi allergens Act d 1, actinidin, and Act d 2, a thaumatin-like protein

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1130-1139

  Bublin, Merima ^a   Radauer, Christian ^a   Knulst, André ^b   Wagner, Stefan ^a   Scheiner, Otto ^a   Mackie, Alan R ^c   Mills, E N Clare ^c   Breiteneder, Heimo ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinidin; Allergen; Food allergy; Kiwifruit; Thaumatin like protein

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIN; ALLERGEN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PLANT ANTIGEN; THAUMATIN PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIGESTION; FOOD ALLERGY; HEAT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIWIFRUIT; METABOLISM; PH;

ACTINIDIA; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DIGESTION; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLANT PROTEINS;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 55449094462     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200700167     Document Type: Article

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