ICDSUPL1-T005

Volume: 1, 2022
1^st International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland: ENVIRONMENT  – PLANT  – ANIMAL  – PRODUCT

Abstract number: T005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL1.T005

Published online: 26 April 2022

ICDSUPL, 1, T005 (2022)

Biogenic amines in foods excluded from low histamine diets

Dorota Gajowniczek-Ałasa¹*, Dominik Szwajgier¹, Ewa Baranowska-Wójcik¹

^{1 Department of Biotechnology, Microbiology and Human Nutrition, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Skromna 8, Poland}

^{* Correspondence author: dorota.gajowniczek@up.lublin.pl}

Abstract

The main strategy to prevent the histamine intolerance symptoms is to follow a low-histamine diet. Its efficacy has been demonstrated in different clinical studies, which described an improvement or remission of gastrointestinal, dermatological, and neurological symptoms, if the diet was followed. Current low-histamine diets exclude foods that patients associate with the onset of symptoms. A high number of nonfermented foods are also excluded. A goal of this work was to overexpose average contents of biogenic amines in foods considered as endogenous histamine releasers. Based on available publications it was found that high amounts of histamine have been described in spinach, eggplant, tomatoes, and avocado. The other excluded foods have a little or no histamine content.  However, some of them had relatively high contents of other biogenic amines and polyamines. Milk contained only little amounts of cadaverine. Biogenic amines were not detected at all in egg whites taken from unfertilized eggs. The levels of biogenic amines and polyamines found in kiwi, papaya, strawberry, pineapple, and plum are too low to justify their exclusion from the diet. White bread was free of biogenic amines but wheatgerm showed the highest amount of putrescine. Mechanisms of suspected endogenous histamine releasers is still not proven. That is why, foods such as kiwi, strawberry, plum, wheat flour, milk and egg whites should be considered as a source of enzymes inhibitors. Some compounds from these foods might reduce the action of histamine-degrading enzymes. This hypothesis needs further research.

How to cite

D. Gajowniczek-Ałasa, D. Szwajgier, E. Baranowska-Wójcik, 2022. Biogenic amines in foods excluded from low histamine diets. In: 1st International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland: Environment – Plant – Animal – Product. https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL1/T005