Molecular fragmentation of wheat-germ agglutinin induced by food irradiation reduces its allergenicity in sensitised mice

Food Chemistry

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1033-1039

  Vaz, Antônio F M ^a   Souza, Marthyna P ^a   Carneiro Da Cunha, Maria G ^a   Medeiros, Paloma L ^a   Melo, Ana M M A ^a   Aguiar, Jaciana S ^a   Silva, Teresinha G ^a   Silva Lucca, Rosemeire A ^b,c   Oliva, Maria L V ^c   Correia, Maria T S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti nutritive effect; Food allergens; Food irradiation; WGA

Indexed keywords

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTIONS; ANTI-NUTRITIVE EFFECT; CONFORMATIONAL STRUCTURES; CYTOKINES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; FOOD ALLERGEN; FOOD IRRADIATION; HIGH DOSE; INTRINSIC ACTIVITIES; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATES; MOLECULAR FRAGMENTATION; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; WGA; WHEAT GERM;

ALLERGIES; ANTIGENS; DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZING RADIATION; MAMMALS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

IRRADIATION;

EOTAXIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; RANTES; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD IRRADIATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PLANT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY;

MUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84855644407     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.11.097     Document Type: Article

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