Soybean Allergens and Hypoallergenic Soybean Products.

Specific immunoglobulins to soybean hull allergens in soybean asthma.

Soybean asthma, which occurred as an epidemic among patients in Barcelona, Spain, is associated with specific IgE to soybean hull allergens. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible role of specific IgG, IgG subclasses, IgA, and IgM in the pathogenesis of soybean asthma. We studied 3 groups of subjects from Barcelona: group 1, 12 asthmatic epidemic patients; group 2, 23 asthmat...

High Pressure Treatments of Soybean and Soybean Products

Soybean Allergens: Presence, Detection and Methods for Mitigation

As a major food ingredient, soybean provides numerous health benefits, for example, individuals who consume soybean-rich diets exhibit lower incidence of high plasma cholesterol, cancer (including bowel and kidney), diabetes mellitus, and obesity (Carroll and Kurowska, 1995; Friedman and Brandon, 2001; Duranti et al., 2004; Ali et al., 2004; Omini and Aluko, 2005; Kim et al., 2006). However, so...

Important Minor Soybens Proteins: Soybean Allergens and Enzymes Inhibitors

All Three Subunits of Soybean -Conglycinin Are Potential Food Allergens

Soybeans are recognized as one of the “big 8” food allergens. IgE antibodies from soybean-sensitive patients recognize more than 15 soybean proteins. Among these proteins only the R-subunit of -conglycinin, but not the highly homologous R′and -subunits, has been shown to be a major allergenic protein. The objective of this study was to examine if the R′and -subunits of -conglycinin can also ser...