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West Indian med. j
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37(2): 97-9, June 1988. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: lil-77949
RESUMO
The unripe ackee fruit, when eaten, is known to cause serious clincial manifestations, including vomitting, hypoglycaemia and acidosis. The effects, of various extracts from the arilli of the unripe ackee fruit (including hypoglycin-A) on the lungs from rats were examined in an in vitro preparation. All the extracts were found to induce moderately severe broncho-constriction, indicating a possible contribution of these effects to the observed toxicity of ackee