FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (8): 559-562.

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Research Progress of Wheat Dood Allergy

 MAO  Wei-Xiang, GAO  Jin-Yan, CHEN  Hong-Bing   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Food Science, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nachang 330047, China; 2.Sino-German Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, Nachang 330047, China; 3.Department of Food Science, Nanchang University, Nachang 330047, China
  • Online:2007-08-15 Published:2011-10-24

Abstract: Wheat flour proteins are classically divided into albumins, globulins, gliadins, glutenins on the basis of differential solubility. Different wheat flour proteins with different MW is maybe anaphylactic to people .Allergy to wheat in foods induces various symptoms on the basis of differential pathologic mechanism. Properties of wheat protein and wheat food allergy is reviewed briefly in this paper.

Key words: wheat food allergy, wheat protein, allergens, coeliac disease