Identification

Namebertholletia excelsa seed

Regulatory

Physical Properties

Food Chemicals Codex Listed No

No sensory data available

Safety Information

Oral/Parenteral ToxicityNot determined
Dermal ToxicityNot determined
Inhalation ToxicityNot determined

GHS Classification

['GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS)', 'GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements']

Safety in Use

Categoryfood additive
Recommendation for bertholletia excelsa seed usage levels up tonot for fragrance use.
Recommendation for bertholletia excelsa seed flavor usage levels up tonot for flavor use.

No supplier data available

Potential Uses

None Found

Natural Occurrence

brazil nut

Synonyms

barthollesia excelsa seed bertholletia nobilis seed brazil nut brazilian nut brazilnut PubMed: Nut Production in Bertholletia excelsa across a Logged Forest Mosaic: Implications for Multiple Forest Use. PubMed: Stereo and scanning electron microscopy of in-shell Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.): part two-surface sound nut fungi spoilage susceptibility. PubMed: Anthropogenic landscape in southeastern Amazonia: contemporary impacts of low-intensity harvesting and dispersal of Brazil nuts by the Kayapó Indigenous people. PubMed: Purification and biochemical characterization of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa L.) seed storage proteins. PubMed: A sensitive and robust competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for Brazil nut ( Bertholletia excelsa L.) detection. PubMed: Purification, crystallization and initial crystallographic characterization of brazil-nut allergen Ber e 2. PubMed: Study of selenium distribution in the protein fractions of the Brazil nut, Bertholletia excelsa. PubMed: Cloning and sequencing of a gene encoding a 2S albumin seed storage protein precursor from English walnut (Juglans regia), a major food allergen. PubMed: Isolation and primary structure of a methionine- and cystine-rich seed protein of Cannabis sativa. PubMed: Allergens from Brazil nut: immunochemical characterization. PubMed: Cloning and sequencing of a cDNA encoding a heat-stable sweet protein, mabinlin II. PubMed: A chimeric gene encoding the methionine-rich 2S albumin of the Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.) is stably expressed and inherited in transgenic grain legumes. PubMed: Isolation, characterization and expression of a gene coding for a 2S albumin from Bertholletia excelsa (Brazil nut). PubMed: Expression of the 2S albumin from Bertholletia excelsa in Brassica napus. PubMed: Genetics of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.: Lecythidaceae) : 2. Mating system. PubMed: Cloning and sequence analysis of a cDNA encoding a Brazil nut protein exceptionally rich in methionine. PubMed: Properties, biosynthesis and processing of a sulfur-rich protein in Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.).