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Screening and selection of hypoallergenic buckwheat species.
TheScientificWorldJournal - 27 Mar 2002
Nair Arun, Adachi Taiji
Abstract excerpt
Both common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) flour and meal cause an allergy in sensitive patients, and if unnoticed, it can be fatal. It has become a potential occupational hazard for some mill workers. The development of hypoallergenic buckwheat would be more efficient if natural mutants for allergenic protein are detected. A screening and selection method was developed using SDS-PAGE coupled with PCR...
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