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No red blood cell damage and no hemolysis in G6PD-deficient subjects after ingestion of low vicine/convicine Vicia faba seeds.

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TO THE EDITOR: Favism, or “favic crisis,” is a potentially life-threatening acute hemolysis elicited in carriers of low-activity glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) variants by ingestion of raw faba bean (… Click to show full abstract

TO THE EDITOR: Favism, or “favic crisis,” is a potentially life-threatening acute hemolysis elicited in carriers of low-activity glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) variants by ingestion of raw faba bean ( Vicia faba L) (FB) seeds.[1][1],[2][2] In 2 surveys of hemolytic crises because of

Keywords: g6pd; hemolysis; ingestion; vicia faba; faba seeds

Journal Title: Blood
Year Published: 2018

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