Higher histamine sensitivity in non-atopic subjects by skin prick test may result in misdiagnosis of eggplant allergy

Immunological Investigations

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-103

  Kiran Kumar, Mudnakudu N ^a   Harish Babu, Bheemanapalli N ^a   Venkatesh, Yeldur P ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Adverse reaction; Eggplant; Histamine; Skin prick test; Solanum melongena; Varietal difference

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKED FOOD; COOKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EGGPLANT PLANT ALLERGY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRESH WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INDIA; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAW FOOD; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEST; VARIETAS; CHEMISTRY; DEGRANULATION; DIALYSIS; HEAT; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CELL DEGRANULATION; DIALYSIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HISTAMINE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SKIN TESTS; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60749120053     PISSN: 08820139     EISSN: 15324311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820130802608295     Document Type: Article

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