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  • Fagopyrins and protofagopyrins : detection, analysis and potential phototoxicity in buckwheat
    Tavčar, Eva ; Kreft, Samo
    Buckwheat contains many healthy nutrients, and its consumption is therefore increasing. Buckwheat also contains fluorescent phototoxic fagopyrins. A systematic review of fagopyrins and the ... phototoxicity of buckwheat found that reliable quantitative data on fagopyrin toxicity are not yet available. Generally, buckwheat seeds, flour, and teas are safe in normal amounts. Diets extensively composed of buckwheat sprouts, herbs, and particularly flowers or of fagopyrin-rich buckwheat extracts may cause fagopyrism. A reference standard is needed, as it would enable the accurate evaluation of fagopyrin content in buckwheat products and would allow proper testing of their as yet unknown physical, chemical, and biological characteristics.
    Source: Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. - ISSN 0021-8561 (Vol. 63, no. 24, 2015, str. 5715-5724)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2015
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 3900273