Table 4.
Content of histamine and other biogenic amines (mg/kg fresh weight) in plant-origin foods excluded from different low-histamine diets [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]. Data obtained from own database and from different scientific studies [5,12,34,38,39,40,41,42,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,57].
| Food Items | Histamine | Putrescine | Cadaverine | Tyramine | Spermidine | Spermine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinach a | 9–70 | nd–119 | nd–9 | 1–10 | 14–53 | nd–9 |
| Eggplant a | 4–101 | 24–49 | nd–5 | nd–2 | 2–12 | nd–6 |
| Tomato a | nd–17 | 5–122 | nd–2 | nd–6 | 2–16 | nd–2 |
| Ketchup a | nd–22 | nd–165 | nd | nd | nd–33 | nd–12 |
| Avocado a | nd–23 | nd | nd | 0.5–5 | nd–7 | 2–8 |
| Citrus (fresh and juices) b | nd–2 | 7–200 | nd–2 | nd–5 | nd–12 | nd–5 |
| Mushroom b | nd | nd–156 | nd | nd | 9–155 | nd–13 |
| Banana b | nd | 15–50 | nd–10 | nd–2 | 8–16 | nd–3 |
| Soybean or soybean sprouts b | nd | 2–57 | nd–0.3 | nd | 33–389 | 7–114 |
| Nuts b | nd | nd–40 | nd–23 | nd–3 | 6–40 | 2–33 |
| Pears b | - | 2–25 | nd–0.4 | - | 30–76 | 8–49 |
| Lentils b | nd | nd–21 | nd | nd | 15–107 | 5–18 |
| Chickpeas b | nd | 1–6 | nd–0.5 | nd–0.5 | 15–85 | 4–32 |
| Peanuts c | nd | nd–3 | nd | nd | 23–48 | 5–13 |
| Kiwi c | nd–2 | nd–15 | nd | nd | 3–6 | nd–2 |
| Papaya c | - | 5–20 | nd | - | 4–8 | nd–2 |
| Strawberry c | nd | 2–6 | nd–4 | nd | 5–10 | nd–2 |
| Pineapple c | nd | nd–8 | nd–3 | nd | nd–3 | nd–1 |
| Plum c | nd | nd | nd | 1–7 | 2–3 | nd–4 |
Here, nd: not detected; -: values not reported by the studies; a plant-origin foods with histamine; b plant-origin foods without histamine but with high contents of other amines; c plant-origin foods with low levels of all amines.