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Absence of the cotton dust/bract antigen in house dust, clean cotton fibers and cottonseed hulls and proteins
Author(s) -
Sekul A. A.,
Ory R. L.
Publication year - 1981
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/bf02899450
Subject(s) - cottonseed , bract , chemistry , byssinosis , food science , biology , botany , materials science , composite material , inflorescence
Abstract Aqueous extracts of cotton dust and cotton bract induced the formation of antibodies in rabbits. The antisera cross‐reacted with both extracts as well as with extracts of stem, leaf, baled cotton, and gin trash. No reaction was obtained with extracts of cottonseed hulls, cottonseed proteins, noncontaminated cotton fibers, or house dust. None of the anitgens reacted with normal rabbit serum.