Sir, I read with considerable interest the paper by the late Salman Taj Eldin, on 'Favism in breast-fed infants' which appeared in your issue of February 1971 (p. 121), and I feel that the following data will give additional information on certain points which are stated in this report, and are yet unclarified. In countries with a high incidence of both G6PD deficiency and favism, acute haemoly...

BACKGROUND Game theory enables the predictive study of the behavior of agents that recognize the mutual interdependence of their decisions and act rationally and strategically to maximize their own gains. In this paper, the extractivism of pequi (Caryocar coriaceum Wittm.) and fava d'anta (Dimorphandra gardneriana Tul.) in an area of common use of the semiarid region of northeastern Brazil is d...

Objectives: to examine the methods used diagnose favism at Al-Rammadi Pediatric Hospital in adult patients who have a history of condition.Patients and method: The investigation was conducted from January 1 December 31, 2021. group then divided into two. Throughout course trial, participants were all admitted pediatric hospital diagnosed with favism. Any protracted met routine medical practice ...

Red blood cells (RBC) from favic patients are characterized by (a) severe oxidative damage (contributed by autoxidation of divicine and isouramil, two pyrimidine aglycones present in fava beans) and (b) greatly increased calcium levels. In vitro, both autoxidation of divicine and calcium loading produced marked alterations of proteolytic systems in intact RBC. Specifically, autoxidizing divicin...

An association between favism (a hemolytic reaction to consumption of fava beans), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD(-)) and acid phosphatase locus 1 (ACP(1)) phenotypes has been reported; the frequency of carriers of the p(a) and p(c) ACP(1) alleles was found to be significantly higher in G6PD(-) individuals showing favism than in the general population. Here, we investigated ...