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SUBMITTER: Isenberg SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5098216 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Isenberg Samantha L SL Carter Melissa D MD Hayes Shelby R SR Graham Leigh Ann LA Johnson Darryl D Mathews Thomas P TP Harden Leslie A LA Takeoka Gary R GR Thomas Jerry D JD Pirkle James L JL Johnson Rudolph C RC
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 20160701 27
Methylenecyclopropylglycine (MCPG) and hypoglycin A (HGA) are naturally occurring amino acids found in some soapberry fruits. Fatalities have been reported worldwide as a result of HGA ingestion, and exposure to MCPG has been implicated recently in the Asian outbreaks of hypoglycemic encephalopathy. In response to an outbreak linked to soapberry ingestion, the authors developed the first method to simultaneously quantify MCPG and HGA in soapberry fruits from 1 to 10 000 ppm of both toxins in dri ...[more]