Fagopyrum esculentum
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Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus)
Venter, Elna
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Cultivated cash crop.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION: General: Plants grow ±1 m high. Leaves: Heart-shaped leaves. Flowers: White flowers Seeds: Typical 3-sided seeds, shaped like a pyramid. Cultivated for seed. Used in chicken and bird feeds. Seeds used to bake special health breads.
TOXIC PRINCIPLE: Photodynamic agent: Fagopyrin. Occurs in all parts of the plant – also in the seed. It remains toxic on dessication.
SYNDROMES: Primary photosensitivity.
SYSTEMS AFFECTED: Liver, skin and appendages.
CLINICAL SIGNS: Ingestion of buckwheat results in a primary photosensitization caused by fagopyrin, resulting in photodermatitis.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION: General: Plants grow ±1 m high. Leaves: Heart-shaped leaves. Flowers: White flowers Seeds: Typical 3-sided seeds, shaped like a pyramid. Cultivated for seed. Used in chicken and bird feeds. Seeds used to bake special health breads.
TOXIC PRINCIPLE: Photodynamic agent: Fagopyrin. Occurs in all parts of the plant – also in the seed. It remains toxic on dessication.
SYNDROMES: Primary photosensitivity.
SYSTEMS AFFECTED: Liver, skin and appendages.
CLINICAL SIGNS: Ingestion of buckwheat results in a primary photosensitization caused by fagopyrin, resulting in photodermatitis.
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Plant poisoning, Toxicology, Plant poisoning in animals, Poisonous plants, Photosensitivity, Fagopyrin
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Botha, CJ & Venter, E 2002, 'Plants poisonous to livestock Southern Africa (CD-ROM)' University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Dept. of Paraclinical Sciences, Section Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pretoria, South Africa.