Pubmed Data : Biol Psychiatry. 1984 Mar;19(3):385-99. PMID: 6609726
Article Published Date : Mar 01, 1984
Study Type : Human Study
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Problem Substances : Gluten : CK(1755) : AC(144), Gluten exorphins : CK(26) : AC(11)

Gluten exorphins are a group of food peptides with opiate-like properties (known as opioids), formed during the break down of the gluten protein in modern wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). While likely contributing to wheat's additive and endocrine-disruptive properties, they represent only a fraction of the 23,000+ proteins cataloged in the T. aestivum proteome thus far.