Food Allergens: Is There a Correlation between Stability to Digestion and Allergenicity?

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1545-1567

  Bøgh, Katrine Lindholm ^a   Madsen, Charlotte Bernhard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

degradation; dietary allergens; elicitation; Food allergy; proteolysis; risk assessment; sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIES; ASSAYS; DEGRADATION; PROTEINS; PROTEOLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION PRODUCTS; ELICITATION; FOOD ALLERGIES; IMMUNOLOGICAL ASSAY; PREDICTIVE VALUES; SENSITIZATION; WESTERN COUNTRIES;

ALLERGENS;

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PEPSIN A; PROTEIN INTAKE;

DIGESTION; DRUG STABILITY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ALLERGENS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; DRUG STABILITY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PEPSIN A;

EID: 84975137981     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2013.779569     Document Type: Review

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