Steviol glycoside safety: Are highly purified steviol glycoside sweeteners food allergens?

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-78

  Urban, Jonathan D ^a   Carakostas, Michael C ^a   Taylor, Steve L ^b  

^a ToxStrategies Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteraceae (Compositae) family; Food allergy; Stevia rebaudiana; Steviol glycosides

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE; SWEETENING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLERGEN; KAURANE DERIVATIVE; NONNUTRITIVE SWEETENER; PLANT EXTRACT; STEVIOL;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEVIA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; PHYLOGENY;

ASTERACEAE; STEVIA REBAUDIANA;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DITERPENES, KAURANE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENERS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT EXTRACTS; STEVIA;

EID: 84912049122     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2014.11.011     Document Type: Review

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