Aubergine / Eggplant Allergy
Babu and Venkatesh tested six people allergic to aubergine to establish how many parts of the aubergine were implicated.
All showed positive skin prick tests to peel, pulp, raw, and cooked aubergine extracts.
They conclude that aubergine has allergens in all of its edible parts with a preponderance in the peel.
Babu BNH; Venkatesh YP.
Clinico-immunological analysis of eggplant (Solanum melongena) allergy indicates preponderance of allergens in the peel.
WAO Journal 2009;2(9):192-200