Patents Assigned to Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientitificas
  • Process to extract gluten from food products and kit for achieving same
    Patent number: 7585529
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for extracting the gluten contained in a sample using an ethanol aqueous solution in the presence of a composition containing a disulphur group reducer and a decoupling agent, in a buffer having a pH of between 7 and 8. The inventive method can be used to extract quantitatively the gluten contained in a heat-processed or non-heat processed food sample before the quantification of the gluten by ELISA. The method is suitable for food analyses, in particular, for foodstuffs intended for celiac sufferers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientitificas
    Inventors: Elena Lopez Villar, Mercedes Llorente Gomez, Enrique Mendez Corman