Clinico-Immunological Analysis of Eggplant (Solanum melongena) Allergy Indicates Preponderance of Allergens in the Peel.docVIP

ORIGINALARTICLE Clinico-ImmunologicalAnalysisofEggplant(Solanum melongena)AllergyIndicatesPreponderanceofAllergensin thePeel BheemanapalliN.HarishBabu,MSc(Agri),a andYeldurP.Venkatesh,PhDa S ensitizationtofoodsvariesindifferentcountriesre?ecting a possible interaction of genetic factors, cultural and Background:Eggplant(SolanummelongenaL.)isknowntocause food allergy in some Asian countries but detailed studies on egg- plantallergyarelacking. Objective:Theobjectiveistoinvestigatesensitizationtodifferent partsofeggplantfruit,anddetectionoftheallergens. Methods: Six eggplant-allergic subjects