Hazelnut allergens: Molecular characterization, detection, and clinical relevance

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 2579-2605

  Costa, Joana ^a   Mafra, Isabel ^a   Carrapatoso, Isabel ^b   Oliveira, Maria Beatriz P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Corylus avellana L; Detection; Food allergens; Hazelnut allergy; Prevalence; Threshold levels

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIES; CHARACTERIZATION; CONTAMINATION; ERROR DETECTION; FORESTRY;

ALLERGEN DETECTION; ALLERGIC REACTIONS; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CORYLUS AVELLANA L; FOOD ALLERGEN; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; PREVALENCE; THRESHOLD LEVELS;

ALLERGENS;

DNA; PLANT ANTIGEN; PLANT PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES;

ANTIGENS, PLANT; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CORYLUS; DNA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84987677775     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2013.826173     Document Type: Article

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