The Dangers of Cassava (Tapioca) Consumption

Cassava (Tapioca) is a worldwide staple food consumed by over 800 million people. It contains cyanide which may lead to acute toxicity or chronically may be an aetiological factor in tropical nutritional amblyopia, tropical neuropathy, endemic goitre, cretinism and tropical diabetes. It may also hav...

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Autor principal: Hall, Michael J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinical Press 1987
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5113521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28906749
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spelling pubmed-51135212017-01-12 The Dangers of Cassava (Tapioca) Consumption Hall, Michael J Bristol Med Chir J Articles Cassava (Tapioca) is a worldwide staple food consumed by over 800 million people. It contains cyanide which may lead to acute toxicity or chronically may be an aetiological factor in tropical nutritional amblyopia, tropical neuropathy, endemic goitre, cretinism and tropical diabetes. It may also have carcinogenic potential. However, despite nutritional limitations it has many advantages as a crop to the subsistence farmer and would be difficult to replace. Clinical Press 1987-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5113521/ /pubmed/28906749 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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