Mad Honey
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 259 (13) , 1943
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1988.03720130021010
Abstract
To the Editor. —Rhododendron ponticum, a member of the botanical family Ericaceae, grows extensively on the mountains of the eastern Black Sea area of Turkey.1,2Its flowers are pink or vio See also p 2009. let. All parts of this particular species, including the nectar, contain toxic diterpenes known asgrayanotoxins(formerly,andromedotoxins). Ingestion of honey derived from this plant may cause profound hypotension and bradycardia.3,4It is known locally as "mad honey." From 1984 to 1986, sixteen patients with honey intoxication were seen at the Hospital of Karadeniz University in Trabzon, Turkey. Their mean age was 41 years (range, 30 to 48 years). Fourteen were men and two were women. Samples of honey that the patients had eaten were analyzed in the chemical analysis department of Ankara (Turkey) Health Institute. In each specimen, pollens belonging toRhododendronspecies were found. The complaints in all patients startedKeywords
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