Baur X, Weiss W, Sauer W, Fruhmann G, Kimm K W, Ulmer W T, Mezger V A, Woitowitz H J, Steurich F K
Pneumologische Abteilung, Universität München.
Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 1988 Aug 19;113(33):1275-8. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1067805.
140 bakers with occupation-related asthma symptoms and/or rhinoconjunctivitis were tested for specific IgE antibodies against various enzyme-containing baking components. 5-24% of subjects were sensitive to several carbohydrate-splitting enzymes obtained from mould fungi (amyloglucosidase, hemicellulase and alpha-amylase), as well as/or against soya flour. But allergies against the proteolytic enzymes papain and B. subtilis protease were rare (about 1%). These results indicate that various baking components, especially mould enzymes, play a not insignificant role in the causation of baker's asthma.
