Identify the plant and toxin.
Lathyrus Sativus, grass pea, or chickling pea. beta-N-Oxalyl amino-L-alanine (L-BOAA), synonym beta-N-oxalyl-alpha,beta-diaminopropionic acid (beta-ODAP)
Ravindranath V. Neurolathyrism: mitochondrial dysfunction in excitotoxicity mediated by L-beta-oxalyl aminoalanine. Neurochem Int. 2002 May;40(6):505-9. doi: 10.1016/s0197-0186(01)00121-8. PMID: 11850107. image wikipedia
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