Allergen profile

Allergen: Wheat, common Family name: Grasses Scientific name: Triticum aestivum L. Family name latin: Poaceae   Description: Most important cereal world-wide; presumably originating from Northern Perisa out of T. dicoccon Schr. x Triticum squarrosa, 8 000 to 10 000 years ago; hexaploid (2n = 42); spiked grass, reaching up to over a meter in height; annual; flowering season: VI - VII;   Occurence: Cultivated in many places in numerous varieties;   Related species: A number of closely related cultivated plants, all of them however with much smaller crop areas (VI - VII): spelt (T. spelta L.), Emmer (T. dicoccon Schr.), Einkorn (T. monococcum L.), Gommer (T. polonicum L.), Zwergweizen (T.compactum Host.), durum wheat (T. durum Desf.) and branched wheat (T. turgidum L);   Allergy trigger: Pollen, 40 - 60 µm;   Invasions path: Inhalative (June - July);   Synonyms: Triticum hybernum L.;   Allergology: Because of the substantial self-pollination only small amounts of pollen are released; thus of relatively low clinical relevance;   Exposure from: June   Exposure to: August   Clinical relevance: light   Cross reactivities: Occurrence possible Blue grass, (Kentucky) Corn Barley Oats, common Ryegrass, perennial Rice Millet