Peanut Oral Immunotherapy: a Current Perspective.
Purpose of the review: Peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) is one of the most studied experimental therapies for food allergy. With the recently FDA-approved peanut product, Palforzia, the goal of this article is to review the most recent data from clinical trials, discuss recent trends, and anticipate future developments. Recent findings: The latest research suggests that peanut OIT […]
Ara h 2 is the dominant peanut allergen despite similarities with Ara h 6.
Background: Ara h 2 specific-IgE (sIgE) is to date the best serologic marker to diagnose peanut allergy. Ara h 6 shares ∼60% sequence identity and multiple epitopes with Ara h 2. Objective: To assess the diagnostic utility and relative importance of Ara h 2 and Ara h 6 in peanut allergy. Methods: A cohort (n=100) of peanut allergic […]
Sequence analysis of digestion-resistant peptides may be an efficient strategy for studying the linear epitopes of Jug r 1, the major walnut allergen.
Jug r 1, the major allergen of walnut, triggers severe allergic reactions through epitopes. Hence, research on the efficient strategy for analyzing the linear epitopes of Jug r 1 are necessary. In this work, bioinformatics analysis was used to predict the linear epitopes of Jug r 1. Overlapping peptide synthesis was used to map linear […]
Almond allergens: update and perspective on identification and characterization.
Almond (Prunus dulcis) is widely used as a human food due to its flavor, nutrients, and health benefits, but it is also one of the most likely tree nuts to trigger allergies. Almond allergens, though, have not been studied as extensively as those of peanuts and other selected tree nuts. This work presents an update […]
Influence of Instant Controlled Pressure Drop (DIC) on Allergenic Potential of Tree Nuts.
Pistachio and cashew contain allergenic proteins, which causes them to be removed from the diet of allergic people. Previous studies have demonstrated that food processing (thermal and non-thermal) can produce structural and/or conformational changes in proteins by altering their allergenic capacity. In this study, the influence of instant controlled pressure drop (DIC) on pistachio and […]
Reduction Of Bitterness In Green Walnuts By Conventional And Ultrasound-Assisted Maceration.
The efficiency of conventional and ultrasound-assisted maceration was investigated in comparison to reduce the bitterness of green walnuts. Conventional maceration was studied at room temperature for 6, 8 and 10 days while ultrasound-assisted maceration (20 kHz, %100 of amplitude) was performed at 36 °C for 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 h. Phenolic content and […]
Study of the Quality Parameters and the Antioxidant Capacity for the FTIR-Chemometric Differentiation of Pistacia Vera Oils.
The aim of this work was to characterize the pistachio oil of the Greek variety, "Aegina", evaluate its various quality indices, and investigate the potential use of FTIR as a tool to discriminate different oil qualities. For this purpose, the antioxidant capacity, the tocopherol content and the oxidation and degradation of fatty acids, as described […]
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