Part three: Fava bean consumption and biocultural evolution

Katz, Solomon H.; Schall, Joan I.

doi:10.1080/01459740.1979.9965856

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“…These and other traditional behaviors based on the folk theory of miasma probably had preventive effects. Behavioral adaptations to malaria in other cultural contexts include fava bean consumption in the Mediterranean (135,136), traditional medicines in Nigeria (75,76), and the use of thick blankets and netting Africa (163).…”

Section: Malaria and Cultural Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Anthropology of Infectious Disease

Inhorn¹,

Brown²

1990

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

178

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Section: Malaria and Cultural Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Anthropology of Infectious Disease

Inhorn¹,

Brown²

1990

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

178

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“…Individuals with G6PD deficiency hemolytic effect caused by the beans contained many glycosides that are toxic due to the visin and konvisin (Beutler, 1994, Akhter, et al, 2011. In addition, β-glucosides in bean seeds, maturity stage of fava beans attain very high amounts causing a severe course of hemolytic crisis (Katz & Schall, 1979, Greene, 1993, Beutler, 1994. Often, in the G6PD Mediterranean variant, acute and a very severe hemolytic crisis are seen due to fava bean ingestion, even capable of causing death (Fairbanks, 1999, Luzzatto, 2001.…”

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Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and Malaria: A Method to Detect Primaquine-Induced Hemolysis in vitro

Allahverdiyev¹,

Bağırova²,

Elcicek³

et al. 2012

Dehydrogenases

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“…Certainly, a dietary regimen enriched with broad beans (Vicia faba), typical of countries surrounding Mediterranean sea, confers a remarkable increase of defences against malaria infection (Mikhael, 1986;Katz and Schall, 1979). In fact, some broad beans metabolites, released from gastrointestinal tract, act as potent oxidant agents, which may induce relevant in vitro anti-malaric effects, with a further increase of potency when G6PD deficiency is concurrently present (Ginsburg et al, 1996).…”

Section: Some Patterns Of Culture Fitting To Endemic Malaria In Humanmentioning

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Malaria infection and the anthropological evolution

Sabbatani

Manfredi

Fiorino³

2010

Saude soc.

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ResumoDurante a evolução do gênero Homo a infecção por malária exerceu papel biológico chave, influenciando até o desenvolvimento antropológico. Os Plasmódios causadores da malária desenvolveram dois tipos de evolução, segundo um ponto de vista biológico, e filogenético. Em particular, os Plasmó-dios vivax, malariae, e ovale poderiam ter coevoluído com a espécie humana ou ter atingido esta durante as fases mais antigas da evolução do gênero HOMO. SummaryDuring the evolution of the genus Homo, with regard to species habilis, erectus and sapiens, malaria infection played a key biological role, influencing the anthropological development too. Plasmodia causing malaria developed two kinds of evolution, according to a biological and philogenetical point of view. In particular, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malariae, and Plasmodium ovale, would have either coevolved with human mankind (coevolution), or reached human species during the most ancient phases of genus Homo evolution. On the other hand, Plasmodium falciparum has been transmitted to humans by monkeys in a more recent period, probably between the end of Mesolithic and the beginning of Neolithic age. The authors show both direct and indirect biomolecular evidences of malaria infection, detected in buried subjects, dating to the Ancient World, and brought to light in the course of archeological excavations in some relevant Mediterranean sites. In this literature review the Authors organize present scientific evidences: these confirm the malarial role in affecting the evolution of populations in Mediterranean countries. The people living in several different regions on the Mediterranean Sea sides, the cradle of western civilization, have been progressively influenced by malaria, in the course of the spread of this endemic disease during the last millennia. In addition, populations affected by endemic malaria developed cultural, dietary and behaviour adaptations, contributing to decrease the risk of disease. These habits were not probably fully conscious. Nevertheless it may be thought that both these customs and biological modifications, caused by malarial plasmodia, favoured the emergence of groups of people with a greater resistance against malaria. All these considered factors decreased demographical impact, influencing in a favourable way the general development and growth of civilization.

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Part three: Fava bean consumption and biocultural evolution

Cited by 16 publications

References 12 publications

The Anthropology of Infectious Disease

The Anthropology of Infectious Disease

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and Malaria: A Method to Detect Primaquine-Induced Hemolysis in vitro

Malaria infection and the anthropological evolution

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