<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> K Smith <[log in to unmask]> posted in part: >http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/Crops/CropFactSheets/triga.html In >particular, the following passage from the "Uses" section is of interest: >In samples of intermediate wheatgrass grain (Wild Triga) tested by USDA, no >functional gluten was found. I forwarded what you posted to the list to Donald D. Kasarda, a recently retired wheat protein researcher with the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Albany, CA. His reply, posted with permission: Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 15:13:03 -0800 To: Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]> From: Don Kasarda <[log in to unmask]> Don, I don't know Triga and couldn't find intermediate wheat grass easily. However, most wheatgrasses (probably all) belong to the genus Agropyron (also called Elytrigia). I have indicated in my paper for the Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium (Dublin) that this genus is sufficiently close to the genus Triticum to indicate to me potential toxicity for the proteins. In addition, we (Dvorak, Kasarda, Dietler, Lew, Anderson, Litts, and Shewry, Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology 28:818-830, 1986) did find some gliadin-type protein N-terminal amino acid sequences in the proteins of Elytrigia elongata. These sequences would be likely indicators of toxicity for the proteins of this species. Don