Sütlüpinar N, Mat A, Satganoğlu Y
Arch Toxicol. 1993;67(2):148-50. doi: 10.1007/BF01973687.
One of the food intoxications encountered in Turkey is the case caused by toxic honey made by bees from Rhododendron species. R. luteum and R. ponticum are the two species which grow in the north regions of Turkey. Grayanotoxins, mainly Grayanotoxin I (Andromedotoxin) occurring only in Ericaceae plants, are the compounds responsible for poisoning. In this investigation, the diagnosis and treatment of 11 cases of poisoning admitted to Kartal Occupational Diseases Hospital between 1983 and 1988 are presented. The results of the light microscopic and chemical analysis of toxic honey samples are compared with those of the ordinary honey samples and the extract of Rhododendron leaves.
土耳其出现的食物中毒情况之一是由蜜蜂采集杜鹃花科植物酿造的有毒蜂蜜导致的。淡黄杜鹃和杜鹃是生长在土耳其北部地区的两个品种。主要存在于杜鹃花科植物中的灰藜毒素，尤其是仅存在于该科植物中的灰藜毒素I（闹羊花毒素），是导致中毒的化合物。在本次调查中，介绍了1983年至1988年期间在卡尔塔尔职业病医院收治的11例中毒病例的诊断和治疗情况。将有毒蜂蜜样本的光学显微镜检查结果和化学分析结果与普通蜂蜜样本以及杜鹃树叶提取物的结果进行了比较。
