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In 1918, there were 41 cases of solanine poisoning in people who had eaten a bad crop of potatoes with 0.43 mg solanine/g potato with no recorded fatalities. [ 25 ] In Scotland in 1918, there were 61 cases of solanine poisoning after consumption of potatoes containing 0.41 mg of solanine per gram of potato, resulting in the death of a five-year ...
Several are potentially toxic, most notably the poisons commonly found in the plant species Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) and other plants in the genus Solanum, including potato. A prototypical glycoalkaloid is solanine (composed of the sugar solanose and the alkaloid solanidine), which is found in the potato.
Poisoning from cultivated potatoes occurs very rarely, however, as toxic compounds in the potato plant are generally concentrated in the green portions of the plant and in the fruits, and cultivated varieties contain smaller concentrations than wild plants.
Symptoms of food poisoning could start anywhere from a few hours, to even a few weeks, after stopping at a restaurant for a hamburger, or cooking with contaminated chicken.
To help you stock up wisely, we’ve already covered how to choose and store potatoes and recently shared the easiest way to remove the skin from a boiled potato without a peeler. And today, we ...
Italy’s youth are facing obesity because of what Longo calls the “poisonous five P’s—pizza, pasta, protein, potatoes, and pane (or bread),” Jason Horowitz writes. Longo fears Italians ...
Solanum jamesii Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: S. jamesii Binomial name Solanum jamesii Torr. Tubers of Solanum jamesii (with red bean for scale) Solanum jamesii (common names: wild potato or Four Corners potato) is a species of nightshade. Its range ...
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