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The allergen content of castor beans and castor pomace
Author(s) -
Coulson E. J.,
Spies Joseph R.,
Stevens Henry
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02632092
Subject(s) - allergen , pomace , castor beans , food science , chemistry , biology , botany , allergy , ricinus , immunology
The allergen content of 10 varieties of decorticated, defatted castor beans, as determined by a serological method, ranged from 6.1 to 9.0%. This range of allergen content probably does not offer an encouraging prospect for the development of an allergen‐free castor bean by plant breeding. The allergen content of samples of commercial castor pomace ranged from 0.092 to 4.2%. It is apparent from these results that some current commercial milling practices are capable of reducing significantly the allergen content of castor pomace.