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Allergy to wine 红酒过敏 The oenophile s lament 酒鬼们的烦恼 An explanation for a most unfortunate condition. 这件不幸的事现在有解释了。 ONE of lifes sadder statistics is that about 8% of people get sneezy and stuffy-headed afterdrinking wine. 这世上有一个统计数据令人伤心，那就是大约有8%的人在饮用红酒以后会产生打喷嚏和头昏脑涨的症状。 This mild allergic reaction is often blamed on preservative chemicals called sulphites, butthey are responsible for only an eighth of cases. 这种轻微过敏反应常常和作为防腐添加剂的亚硫酸盐有关联。 The reason for the rest is obscure.Giuseppe Palmisano of the University of Southern Denmark, however, thinks he knows theanswer. 但是此类过敏症况只有1/8的情况是由亚硫酸盐造成的，其他7/8的情况一直病因不明。不过南丹麦大学的Giuseppe Palmisano认为他搞明白这是怎么回事了。 As he and his colleagues report in the Journal of Proteome Research, the culprits areglycoproteinscompounds composed, as their name suggests, of sugar and protein. That isnot a complete surprise. 他和他的团队在蛋白组学研究期刊上发表文章称，罪魁祸首是糖蛋白顾名思义，就是由糖类和蛋白质组成的一类蛋白质。 | 
