**Gamma Radiation Effect on Allergenic Food**

**Gamma Radiation Effect on Allergenic Food**

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.69581

#### Marcia Nalesso Costa Harder, Valter Arthur and Larissa Nalesso Costa Harder and Larissa Nalesso Costa Harder Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Marcia Nalesso Costa Harder, Valter Arthur

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.69581

#### **Abstract**

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Food allergens are substances that cause an overreaction of the individual immune system of who consumes it. The importance of food allergy in the nutritional present context is increasing, and dietary habits and nutrient availability have rapidly transformed in function of access to consumers. There is no specific treatment for food allergies. It is necessary to stop eating the food. Studies with the use of nuclear radiation to minimize these effects have been performed. The absorption of electromagnetic radiation by the biological tissues that constitute the food produces a function of electronic excitability of the constituent molecules. An example of this reaction is with proteins leading to deamination, breaking peptides, aromatic residues formation, and so on. The extent of these reactions depends on the food conditions and substances that are contained in.

**Keywords:** ionizing radiation, food irradiation, food allergy
