The congenital disease favism causes sickness and even jaundice in patients after they consume beans. The culprit is a particular enzyme deficiency, which destroys red blood cells. Scientists from the ...
When persons with G6PD deficiency eat fava beans, acute hemolytic anemia may develop. It is caused by the generation of free radicals from the metabolism of glucosides in the beans. The free radicals ...
Although favism, a blood disorder that can cause a violent reaction to fava beans, lurks throughout Italy, many Romans look forward to May, when the legumes are in season. By Jason Horowitz Jason ...
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One person in Sweden has fallen ill after incorrectly preparing chickpeas and beans that were not labelled correctly. Sweden issued a Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) notification after a ...
Faba bean ‘potential unlocked’ after scientists identify gene behind often-fatal hereditary disorder
An international research team says it is possible to grow faba beans that don’t cause an allergic-like reaction in favism sufferers after identifying the gene behind the potentially life-threatening ...
Ceppellini, R., in Medical Biology and Etruscan Origins, edit. by Wolstenholme, G. E. W., and O'Connor, C. M. (Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1959). Logan, J. A., The ...
Favism is a common hereditary disease, affecting around 400 million people worldwide. It is caused by a lack of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD). This deficiency triggers the ...
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