Differential Physiological Responses Elicited by Ancient and Heritage Wheat Cultivars Compared to Modern Ones

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 11; no. 12; p. 2879
• Main Authors: Spisni, Enzo, Imbesi, Veronica, Giovanardi, Elisabetta, Petrocelli, Giovannamaria, Alvisi, Patrizia, Valerii, Maria Chiara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 26.11.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Bread; Celiac disease; Clinical trials; Cultivars; Diet; Domestication; Food; Genomes; Gluten; Grain; Proteins; Review; World War II; Italy; celiac disease; ancient and heritage wheat; gluten; amylase trypsin inhibitors (ATI); gliadins; immunogenic wheat peptides

Although ancient, heritage, and modern wheat varieties appear rather similar from a nutritional point of view, having a similar gluten content and a comparable toxicity linked to their undigested gluten peptide, whenever the role of ancient end heritage wheat grains has been investigated in animal s...