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Organic chemistry and neuroscience are complex. FWIW soursop has also been linked to causing Parkinson's like syndromes due to neuro toxicity.
by sangfroid_bio 6y ago
Organic chemistry and neuroscience are complex. FWIW soursop has also been linked to causing Parkinson's like syndromes due to neuro toxicity.
- nojs 6y agoWow, for anyone else curious: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/soursop https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/... > Fruits have high polyphenol content, and regular consumption is linked with beneficial properties such as anticancer, anti-leishmanial, and antidiabetic activities. Contradictorily, consumption of soursop fruit is correlated with the development of neurodegenerative disease (Parkinson disease), which is attributed to the presence of annonacin in the seeds.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y agoBut soursop seeds are not eaten? FWIW, this French study concluded that there's no evidence to support a connection: http://www.anses.fr/sites/default/files/documents/NUT2008sa0171.pdf http://www.anses.fr/sites/default/files/documents/NUT2008sa0...