2025/05/13 by Elisa Salsano, Oriana Rossi, Cecilia Rispoli +5 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Botanical Research and Chemistry #Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties #Plant and fungal interactions
paper · pdf · doi:10.4081/gc.2025.13627
openalex publication_date 2025/05/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
Lupin seeds can contain toxicologically significant bitter quinolizidine alkaloids, which may induce symptoms of poisoning in humans by affecting the nervous, circulatory, and digestive systems. Typical manifestations of lupin alkaloid poisoning include dizziness, confusion, tachycardia, nausea, dry mouth, loss of motor coordination, and, in severe cases, cardiac arrest and respiratory paralysis. This case report describes accidental poisoning following the ingestion of food contaminated by water previously used to boil dry lupin seeds. An 85-year-old woman consumed meals prepared with this water and subsequently exhibited classic symptoms of gastrointestinal poisoning, requiring urgent admission to the emergency department.