Antinutrient & Toxicity

Antinutrient and Toxicity ID

241

Crop ID

Swamp Taro

Part

Leaf

Reported Factor

Oxalate

Effect

Studies show that eating large quantities of a high oxalate containing foodmay contribute to the formation of kidney stones in susceptible people.

Cause Toxicity

Cause Allergic Reaction

Reduction Method

Boiling taro leads to leaching of water soluble oxalates into the cooking water and some loss of soluble oxalates also occurred during baking

Notes

NULL

Metadata Id

8,927

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