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Allergic and intolerance reactions to wine
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) responsible for the noble rot in wines, yeasts and proteins from insects that contaminated the mash. Type 1 allergic reactions (positive prick tests) have been described for inorganic components like ethanol, acetaldehyde, acetic acid and sulfites, but no specific IgE could be detected in the serum. Ethanol, acetaldehyde and acetic acid, flavonoids (anthocyanins and chatechines), sulfites, histamine and other biogenic amines are the main causative agents of intolerance reactions (pseudoallergic reactions) to wine. After a short historic review of viticulture and the importance of wine in classical antiquity, we go into the chemical processes of alcoholic fermentation and the genetically inherited "flush syndrome" caused by an acetaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 polymorphism, subsequently we focus on the different etiologic factors of allergies and intolerance reactions to wine. The most frequent intolerance reactions to sulfites occur particularly after the ingestion of white wine and in asthma patients. Intolerance reactions to histamine and other biogenic amines occur mainly after ingestion of red wine and in persons with diamine oxidase (DAO) deficiency.
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“Other biogenic amines present in food, such as monoamine tyramine, diamines putrescine and cadaverine, as well as polyamines spermine and spermidine, can affect DAO activity and consequently cause HIT symptoms.”
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- Authors
- Wüthrich, B.
- Affiliations
- Spital Zollikerberg (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Wüthrich, B.
- Venue
- Allergologie select
- Publisher
- Dustri-Verlgag Dr. Karl Feistle
- Published
- 2018-01-01
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 01
- Pages
- 80-88
- ISSN
- 2512-8957 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6883207
- OpenAlex
- W2992340228
- Cited by
- 35
- References
- 39
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- FWCI
- 1.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- Allergologie select (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Immunology and Allergy › Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
- Keywords
- histamine intolerance, biogenic amines, acetaldehyde, ethanol, acetic acid, anthocyanins, anaphylactoid reactions, skin prick test, specific IgE, alcoholic fermentation, asthma, white wine, red wine
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