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HERO ID
1179249
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
The nature of the taro acridity factor
Author(s)
Paull, RE; Tang, CS; Gross, K; Uruu, G
Year
1999
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Postharvest Biology and Technology
ISSN:
0925-5214
EISSN:
1873-2356
Volume
16
Issue
1
Page Numbers
71-78
Web of Science Id
WOS:000081145700009
Abstract
The acridity in Araceae species was not apparently due to the calcium oxalate raphides. Some irritant on the raphide surface caused the acridity, with the raphides apparently functioning to carry the acridity factor. Methanol and methylene chloride extracts from purified raphides did not show any compounds in GC-mass spectrometry (MS) analysis that could be regarded as acrid. The data suggested that a 26 kDa protein, possibly a cysteine proteinase, was the active factor. There were a few other uncharacterized protein bands associated with the raphides that could also be involved. Some amino acid sequence data for the 26 kDa protein was obtained. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords
raphides; proteinase; allergy; irritants
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