Olcay Ozveren
Baran Erdik
Mehmet Akif Ozturk
Zekeriya Kucukdurmaz
Elif Eroglu Buyukoner
Muzaffer Degertekin

ABSTRACT

Secondary products derived from plants may contain harmful substances such as honey. The honey contaminated with grayanotoxin, a diterpene, which is a polyhydroxylated cyclic hydrocarbon that doesn't contain nitrogen named “deli bali” in Turkish, which is called “[sic] mad honey may cause grayanotoxin toxidrome. It affects multiple systems of the body especially cardiovasculare system in a dose dependent fashion. Herein we present a rewiev of this toxidrome.

Keywords:

mad-honey, grayanotoxin, poisoning.

VOLUME

8

,

ISSUE

30
August 2014

Correspondence

Olcay Ozveren

Email

olcay.ozveren@yeditepe.edu.tr

Received

Accepted

Published

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