Plant Food Allergens

by P. Shewry

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0632059826
• ISBN13: 9780632059829
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"