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Menéndez-Rey ACorresponding AuthorAlegría-Aravena NAuthorQuiroz-Troncoso JAuthorGonzález-Martos RAuthorSánchez-Díez MAuthorMaestu Unturbe, CeferinoAuthorRamírez-Castillejo CCorresponding Author

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October 17, 2022
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Discarded cross-allergy between miracle berry (Synsepalum dulcificum) and peanut

Publicated to:International Journal Of Food Science And Technology. 57 (12): 7681-7690 - 2022-10-10 57(12), DOI: 10.1111/ijfs.16114

Authors: Menendez-Rey, Adrian; Jerez-Arroyo, Fatima; Alegria-Aravena, Nicolas; Quiroz-Troncoso, Josefa; Gonzalez-Martos, Raquel; Sanchez-Diez, Marta; Blanco, Carlos; Maestu Unturbe, Ceferino; Bensadon-Naeder, Loan; Ramirez-Castillejo, Carmen

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Inst Invest Sanitaria Princesa, Dept Alergia, Hosp Univ La Princesa, RETIC ARADYAL RD16 0006 0015, Madrid, Spain - Author
Inst Invest Sanitaria San Carlos, Oncol Grp, Madrid, Spain - Author
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Universitario de La Princesa - Author
Med Gardens SL, Baia Food, Madrid 28008, Spain - Author
Medicinal Gardens SL - Author
Univ Castilla La Mancha, GENUD Toledo Res Grp, Toledo, Spain - Author
Univ Castilla La Mancha, Grp Biol & Prod Cevidos, Inst Desarrollo Reg, Albacete, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, CTB CTB UPM Ctr Tecnol Biomed, Pozuelo De Alarcon 28223, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Biotecnol Biol Vegetal, ETSIAAB, Madrid, Spain - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid , Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC) - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid , Medicinal Gardens SL - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid , Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha - Author
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Abstract

Peanut allergies are one of the food allergies with the highest prevalence and mortality due to anaphylaxis, drastically reducing the quality of life of people who suffer from it. In the case of Novel Foods, such as the miracle berry from Synsepalum dulcificum, there is insufficient evidence regarding their allergenic potential. An exhaustive analysis was carried out to study potential cross-allergy effects between miracle berries and peanuts. First, both an in silico allergenicity prediction model based on sequence homology and an in silico structure homology test were designed to evaluate miraculin cross-reactivity against Ara h allergens. Second, an in vitro ELISA assay using blood sera from peanut-allergic patients was executed to discard the possibility of cross-reaction with total protein content from the berry. The obtained results ruled out the presence of cross-allergy, leading to the conclusion that consumption of this berry presents no risk for patients with this allergy.

Keywords

componentsdiagnosiselisaepidemiologyfood safetyfruitigein silico analysismiraculinnovel foodpathogenesisphytochemicalsproteinAra hCommon food allergiesElisaFood safetyIn silico analysisMiraculinNovel food

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Food Science And Technology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Food Science.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-03:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 2

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-03:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 13.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 13 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (MENENDEZ REY, ADRIAN) and Last Author (RAMIREZ CASTILLEJO, MARIA DEL CARMEN).

the authors responsible for correspondence tasks have been MENENDEZ REY, ADRIAN and RAMIREZ CASTILLEJO, MARIA DEL CARMEN.