Food allergy—or enterometabolic disorder?

A hypothesis proposes that several mechanisms together account for many cases of food intolerance. Specific food residues are broken down by the colonic microflora with the production of chemicals, which, in susceptible individuals with low concentrations of relevant hepatic enzymes, pass into the s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 1991-08, Vol.338 (8765), p.495-496
1. Verfasser:	Hunter, J.O.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Allergic diseases Allergies Biological and medical sciences Cecal Diseases - complications Cecal Diseases - metabolism Colonic Diseases - complications Colonic Diseases - metabolism Digestive allergic diseases Enzymes Food Food allergies Food Hypersensitivity - etiology Food Hypersensitivity - metabolism Gastrointestinal Contents - enzymology Gastrointestinal Contents - microbiology Humans Immunopathology Medical research Medical sciences Metabolic Diseases - complications Metabolic Diseases - metabolism Middle Aged
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Zusammenfassung:	A hypothesis proposes that several mechanisms together account for many cases of food intolerance. Specific food residues are broken down by the colonic microflora with the production of chemicals, which, in susceptible individuals with low concentrations of relevant hepatic enzymes, pass into the systemic circulation to produce distant symptoms.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/0140-6736(91)90557-6