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Sometimes fruits and vegetables produce toxic compounds that can make us sick. Put your knowledge of these toxins to the test.
What do you know about the toxins in fruits and vegetables?
01
Which family of compounds causes minor stomach poisoning if present in high concentrations in gourds and squashes?
Alkaloids
Furanocoumarins
Cucurbitacins
Glycosides
Gourd gall
Poison pumpkin syndrome
Cucurbit contamination
Toxic squash syndrome
02
What is the name given to the poisoning caused by cucurbitacins in gourds and squashes?
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700
70,000
03
Phytohemagglutinin in uncooked red kidney beans can make people sick. How many hemagglutination units (a measure of phytohemagglutinin content) does one uncooked red kidney bean contain?
Beets
Potatoes
Parsnips
Zucchini
04
Furanocourmarins can cause skin to blister when exposed to sunlight. In which of the following vegetables are they found?
Ergotamine
Solanine
Lycorine
Tyramine
05
Which of the following alkaloid poisons is found in green potatoes?
Citric acid
Oxalic acid
Malic acid
Tartaric acid
06
High levels of which of the following acids are sometimes blamed for the toxicity of rhubarb leaves?
Anthraquinone glycosides
Flavonoid glycosides
Coumarin glycosides
Phenolic glycosides
07
Which family of glycosides have also been linked to rhubarb leaf toxicity?
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6/7=86%
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7/7=100%
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6/7=86%
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6/7=86%
7/7=100%
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6/7=86%
7/7=100%
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6/7=86%
7/7=100%
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5/7=71%
6/7=86%
7/7=100%
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4/7=57%
5/7=71%
6/7=86%
7/7=100%
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1. Which family of compounds causes minor stomach poisoning if present in high concentrations in gourds and squashes?
2. What is the name given to the poisoning caused by cucurbitacins in gourds and squashes?
3. Phytohemagglutinin in uncooked red kidney beans can make people sick. How many hemagglutination units (a measure of phytohemagglutinin content) does one uncooked red kidney bean contain?
Cucurbitacins
Toxic squash syndrome
70,000
Score percentages
0/7=0%
1/7 =14%
2/7=29%
3/7=43%
4/7=57%
5/7=71%
6/7=86%
7/7=100%
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5. Which of the following alkaloid poisons is found in green potatoes?
6. High levels of which of the following acids are sometimes blamed for the toxicity of rhubarb leaves?
7. Which family of glycosides have also been linked to rhubarb leaf toxicity?
Solanine
Oxalic acid
Anthraquinone glycosides
Score percentages
0/7=0%
1/7 =14%
2/7=29%
3/7=43%
4/7=57%
5/7=71%
6/7=86%
7/7=100%
4. Furanocourmarins can cause skin to blister when exposed to sunlight. In which of the following vegetables are they found?
Parsnips