A 8 month-old infant presented with acute onset of severe jaundice, anemia requiring transfusion and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase deficiency. The infant did not take drugs, he did not consume fava beans, but fava beans DNA was found on pumpkin he consumed the day before jaundice onset. This is the first case of hemolysis triggered by ingestion of food cross-contaminated with fava beans.

Viciafaba (L), the broad bean, contains a potentially toxic substance, the exact nature of which is unknown, capable of producing a haemolytic crisis in a susceptible person. The crisis may be induced by eating the beans raw or, less commonly, cooked, and in some cases by inhalation of the bean pollen. The erythrocytes of susceptible individuals are deficient in the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate d...

Legumes such as faba beans (Vicia faba) are once again gaining popularity, especially in Europe. This is due to the fact that they an important source of plant-based proteins for human well animal nutrition. In addition a high protein content, have wide range secondary plant metabolites (SPMs). Some them, phytic acid (PA, inositol hexakisphosphate), discussed controversially with regard their r...

1. Experiments were conducted to study the effects of dietary vicine (2, 6-diamino-4, 5 dihydroxy pyrimidine-5 (beta-D-glucopyranoside)) and supplemental vitamin E on the performance of laying hens and growing chicks, haemolysis of erythrocytes than birds fed on a control diet. 3. Vicine when fed to laying hens had a very dramatic effect. It depressed food consumption, egg weight, fertility and...

In recent years, there has been a great deal of attention toward free radicals, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by exposure of crop plant cells to physical radiations. Henceforth, the current study was planned to compare oxidative stress and mutagenic potential of different irradiation doses of fast neutron (FN) and UV-B on meiotic-pollen mother cells (PMCs), pollen grains (PGs) and see...

Food allergy is a clinical manifestation of an immunological process in which specific antibodies or sensitized T-lymphocytes interact with food constituents. The reaction may occur after ingestion of the particular food, after inhalation or by epicutaneous contact. A distinction must be made between food allergy, which is an immunological process, and other disorders provoked by foods. Adverse...