Food Allergens Biochemistry and Molecular Nutrition /

• Main Authors: Ćirković Veličković, Tanja (Author), Gavrović-Jankulović, Marija (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Food Microbiology and Food Safety
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Biotechnology.; Biochemical engineering.; Food > Biotechnology.; Nutrition.; Food Science.; Biochemical Engineering.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.

A food allergen has the ability to first elicit an IgE response, and then, on subsequent exposures, a clinical response to the same or similar protein. How harmless food protein becomes recognized by the mucosal immune system as an allergen remains an open question and more data are needed to explai...

Table of Contents:

• Food allergy and gastrointestinal tract
• Intestinal permeability and transport of food antigens
• Biochemistry and molecular biology of food allergens
• Methods for allergen identification and quantification in food matrices
• Food allergens digestibility
• Micro biota and allergic disease
• Phytochemicals and hypersensitivity disorders
• Predicting potential allergenicity of new proteins introduced by biotechnology.