Eriocheir sinensis Hemocyanin

Digestion-resistant allergen

Natural purified Eriocheir sinensis hemocyanin is confirmed as a crustacean allergen, resistant to trypsin digestion; boiling and steaming reduce its allergenicity.

Jiada, Lu · Zhang, Lili · Shi, Wenzheng · Jin, Yinzhe · Lu, Ying

Food Chemistry 2023

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Reacts with serum IgE from crustacean patients

Resistant to trypsin digestion

Boiling and steaming induce increased β-sheet and decreased allergenicity

Five epitopes identified, two (P3 and P10) exactly matching predictions from six bioinformatics tools