Osuntokun B O, Monekosso G L, Wilson J
Br Med J. 1969 Mar 1;1(5643):547-50. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5643.547.
A survey of neurological abnormalities in two Nigerian villages preselected for their differing consumption of cassava has shown that a degenerative neuropathy occurs with relatively high frequency in the village (Ososa) where cassava consumption was high.It is suggested that eating cassava results in exposure to cyanide, as shown by a raised plasma thiocyanate level, and that the latter, together with other factors, may contribute to the pathogenesis of "tropical neuropathy."
对尼日利亚两个因木薯食用量不同而预先选定的村庄进行的神经系统异常调查显示,在木薯食用量高的村庄(奥索萨),一种退行性神经病变的发生频率相对较高。研究表明,食用木薯会导致接触氰化物,血浆硫氰酸盐水平升高就表明了这一点,并且后者与其他因素一起,可能促成了“热带神经病变”的发病机制。