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• Contact allergens in toys: Health assessment of nickel and fragrances

  About 10 % of all children are sensitised to nickel. Even to fragrances, a not inconsiderable proportion of children (roughly 2 %) are sensitised. In case of renewed contact with the allergen, sensitised persons can react with a contact allergy. Contact allergy means: the skin reacts to allergen sub more

• The hidden danger of oxygen
  

  New findings from researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland help to explain how toxic and allergy-causing substances in our air are formed. The scientists have for the first time detected long lived reactive oxygen intermediates on the s more

• Children’s toys must not cause allergies

  The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) is of the opinion that toys containing metal alloys should only release minimal amounts of nickel. This would help to afford children better protection against contact allergies. Contact allergies are allergic skin reactions that are triggered by skin more

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• Comparison of the levels of bioactive benzoxazinoids in different wheat and rye fractions and the transformation of these compounds in homemade foods

  Publication date: 1 November 2013 Source:Food Chemistry, Volume 141, Issue 1 Author(s): Fariha Tanwir , Maria Fredholm , Per L. Gregersen , Inge S. Fomsgaard Benzoxazinoids are important phytochemicals found in wheat and rye that are associated with plant resistance against pathogens, and more

• Skin Sensitization of Epoxyaldehydes: Importance of Conjugation

  Structure–activity relationship (SAR) models are important tools for predicting the skin sensitization potential of new compounds without animal testing. In compounds possessing a structural alert (aldehyde) and an activation alert (double bond), it is important to consider bioactivation/autoxidatio more

• Epitope mapping of the major allergen from Atlantic cod in Spanish population reveals different IgE‐binding patterns

  Scope IgE‐epitope mapping of allergens reveal important information about antigen components involved in allergic reactions. The peptide‐based microarray immunoassay has been used to map epitopes of some food allergens. We developed a peptide microarray immunoassay to map allergenic epitopes in more

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