Food Allergen Research

  • Collaborate with drug manufactures to identify and measure allergenic proteins and to test ability of new drug canadites to degrade allergens.
  • Use of enzymatic digestion and LC-MS/MS to detect marker peptides representing allergenic proteins for wheat, barley, rye, soy, peanuts, 10 different tree nuts, milk, egg, celery and mustard in food products.
  • Provide food authenticity analysis (e.g. spice analysis for peanuts and wheat and authentication of saffron).
  • Perform ELISA assays for food allergens.

Immunotoxic gluten marker peptides formed from enzymatic digestion

Immunotoxic gluten marker peptides formed from enzymatic digestion

Food Authenticity: Saffron
Peptide marker for saffron: AYPSISASGATPVFDNLWDQGLVSQDLF

Food Authenticity:  Saffron