Molecular basis of favism triggered by ingestion of frozen pumpkin cross-contaminated with fava beans

Clin Biochem. 2019 Jul:69:45-47. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2019.05.013. Epub 2019 May 29.

Authors

Angelo Minucci¹, Maria Elisabetta Onori², Giorgia Mazzuccato³, Andrea Urbani⁴, Ettore Capoluongo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy. Electronic address: angelo.minucci@policlinicogemelli.it.
² Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy.
³ Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
⁴ Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.

PMID: 31152693
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2019.05.013

No abstract available

Keywords: Cross-contaminated foods; Favism; Frozen pumpkin; G6PD Mediterranean; Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cucurbita*
Eating*
Favism / etiology
Favism / genetics*
Food Contamination
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / genetics*
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / genetics*
Humans
Infant
Male
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Vicia faba / adverse effects*

Substances

Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase