Plant food allergens / edited by E.N. Clare Mills, Peter R. Shewry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mills, E. N. Clare.

Shewry, P. R. (Peter R.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food allergy.

Vegetables.

Phytochemicals--Allergenicity.

Phytochemicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Plant Food Allergens is concerned with a paradox of immense, potentially life-threatening significance to about 1 in 100 adults and 1 in 10 children. The paradox is that certain nutritious proteins from wholesome foods can act as if the were harmful, sometimes deadly poisons, to these people who possess an allergy to them. In order to study the complex problems of food allergy a EU funded network, called PROTALL was set up, bringing together a wide range of clinicians and scientists. This important book is largely based on the outcome of its investigations. Written by ov

Contents:

Plant Food Allergens; Contents; Contributors; Preface: Historical and Cultural Background to Plant Food Allergies; 1 Food Allergies: Clinical and Psychosocial Perspectives; 2 The Classification, Functions and Evolutionary Relationships of Plant Proteins in Relation to Food Allergies; 3 The 2S Albumin Proteins; 4 Plant Lipid Transfer Proteins: Relationships between Allergenicity and Structural, Biological and Technological Properties; 5 The Cereal alpha-Amylase/Trypsin Inhibitor Family Associated with Bakers' Asthma and Food Allergy; 6 Latex Allergy and Plant Chitinases; 7 Profilins

8 Bet v 1-Homologous Allergens9 Plant Seed Globulin Allergens; 10 The Role of Common Properties in Determining Plant Food Protein Allergenicity; 11 Assessing the Allergenicity of Novel and GM Foods; 12 Monitoring of and Technological Effects on Allergenicity of Proteins in the Food Industry; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610199310

9781280199318

1280199318

9780470709559

0470709553

9780470995167

0470995165

9780470995174

0470995173

9781405128711

1405128712

OCLC:

437065682