3 resultados
Vicia faba (VF, broad beans) constitutes a major food item for the River Nile populations. Contrary to tropical Africa, the prevalence rate of epilepsy (0.9-1 per 1000) among schoolchildren of Khartoum Province, Sudan, is lower compared with the rates in Europe and North America. To explore whether
The legume Vicia sativa (common vetch) harbors the neurotoxic nonprotein amino acid beta-cyano-L-alanine (BCLA) and its gamma-glutamyl derivative. BCLA elicits hyperexcitability, convulsions, and rigidity in chicks and rats after oral or intraperitoneal administration, but the mechanism of its
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the types, frequency and severity of plant poisonings in Switzerland over 29 years.
METHODS
Retrospective analysis of severe poisonings with toxic plants reported to the Swiss Toxicological Information Center (STIC). Assessment of the causality, severity of symptoms and the