Spencer Peter S, Palmer Valerie S
Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA.
Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA.
Toxics. 2021 Mar 16;9(3):57. doi: 10.3390/toxics9030057.
Plants and mushrooms bioconcentrate metals/metalloids from soil and water such that high levels of potentially neurotoxic elements can occur in cultivated and wild species used for food. While the health effects of excessive exposure to metals/metalloids with neurotoxic potential are well established, overt neurological disease from prolonged ingestion of contaminated botanicals has not been recognized. However, the presence of metal elements may affect levels of botanical neurotoxins in certain plants and mushrooms that are established causes of acute and chronic neurological disease.
植物和蘑菇会从土壤和水中生物富集金属/类金属，以至于用于食用的栽培和野生品种中可能会出现高含量的潜在神经毒性元素。虽然过度接触具有神经毒性潜力的金属/类金属对健康的影响已得到充分证实，但长期摄入受污染的植物性食物导致的明显神经疾病尚未得到确认。然而，金属元素的存在可能会影响某些植物和蘑菇中植物性神经毒素的含量，而这些植物和蘑菇是急性和慢性神经疾病的既定病因。
