Food poisoning from raw red kidney beans.
- 19 July 1980
- journal article
- Vol. 281 (6234) , 236-7
Abstract
The consumption of raw red kidney beans may lead to acute gastroenteritis, which may be severe. The toxic factor is most probably a haemagglutinin that is destroyed by adequate cooking.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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