Rye

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Cultivated rye; secale cereale

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Undemanding, hardy cereal. Most important bread cereal. Also used as a substitute for coffee and to produce grain brandy. The allergological relevance is high.

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Rye pollen has the highest allergenic potency among grasses. They are the most important trigger of a grass pollen allergy (see below grass pollen and cereal pollen) and thus the most frequent trigger of a pollinosis.

The allergenic potency of rye pollen is about 5 times higher than that of wild grass pollen (see below rye allergy). Rye is the only cereal whose pollen is present in large quantities in the air (up to 4 million pollen are released per plant). Pollen fly in May and June. Size: 52-65 µm. There is a clear difference in allergenic potency between rye pollen and rye flour.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020