By a simple modification, common commercial dehydrated laboratory media can be used for the evaluation of fluorescent pigment excretion by Pseudomonas species. The addition of sufficient sterile egg white or of the iron-binding egg white protein, conalbumin, to bind all the iron in these media converted them to efficient diagnostic media. The amount of egg white found to be satisfactory was 10%...

The trypsin inhibiting action of egg white, which has been known for over 40 years, has not been identified with any of the recognized components (1) of egg white. Suggestions made in this regard include the postulates (a) that difficultly digestible proteins of egg white displaced trypsin from the substrate (casein) (2), (b) that the antitrypsin is associated with the globulin fraction of egg ...

The Ohmic heating rate of a food is highly influenced by its electrical conductivity. In this study, electrical conductivities, colour changes and system performance of liquid whole egg, white egg and yolk were determined on a laboratory scale static Ohmic heater by applying 30 V/cm voltage gradient. The samples were heated from room temperature through to pasteurization temperature (19 – 60°C)...

BACKGROUND There appears to be a lack of agreement in the literature on the allergenicity of hen egg proteins. This may be partly due to the use of impure proteins in some cases. Egg yolk proteins have also been largely ignored in such studies. We therefore set out to determine, using especially purified proteins, their relative allergenicity, and to observe whether there were any relationships...

In avian brood parasitism, both the host and the parasite are expected to develop various conflicting adaptations; hosts develop a defense against parasitism, such as an ability to recognize and reject parasitic eggs that look unlike their own, while parasites evolve egg mimicry to counter this host defense. Hosts may further evolve to generate various egg phenotypes that are not mimicked by pa...

The recombinant antibodies AG275, AG294 and AG274 detect the hen egg-white lysozyme by ELISA.

Egg is leading the top 8 allergenic foods in infants. During gastrointestinal digestion, various factors can affect the proteolysis of food allergens, such as interaction with lipids or bile salts. Therefore, the amount of immunologically active protein reaching the intestinal mucosa can be substantially modified. Here we investigated egg white digestion under physiological conditions, includin...

BACKGROUND Allergy to hen's egg and meat contributes significantly to the manifestations of food allergy all over the world. OBJECTIVES This study was performed to assess the presence of hen's egg and meat specific IgE antibodies among patients investigated for various allergic disorders. METHODS This is a retrospective study performed at King Khalid University Hosptial, Riyadh. Data from 4...