Peulplante en siekte in die Grieks-Romeinse tyd
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie/South African Journal of Science and Technology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Peulplante en siekte in die Grieks-Romeinse tyd Legumes and disease in the Graeco-Roman world | |
| Creator | Retief, F. P. Cilliers, L. | |
| Description | Peulplante, wat in Grieks-Romeinse tye ’n voedsame stapelvoedsel was, het ingesluit boerbone (Vicia fava)en waarskynlik bone van die Phaseolus-genus, lensies(Lens culinaris), ertjies(Pisium sativum), peulertjies(Cicer arietinum) en ertjies van die Lathyrus-genus,o.a. grasertjies(Lathyrus sativus). Wiek(Vicia ervilia)is slegs in tye van hongersnood geëet. Simptome en siekteprobleme geassosieer met inname van peulplante word behandel. Dit het mindere probleme soos buikwinderigheid en gewaande komplikasies soos seksuele abnormaliteite, swangerskapsprobleme, slegte drome en afstomping van die sintuie ingesluit. In die 5de eeu v.C. het die Hippokratiese skrywers in die geskrif Epidemies II egter tydens hongersnood onomkeerbare verlamming van die bene by die inwoners van Ainos bemerk, toe hul grotendeels van peulplante moes leef. Dit word beredeneer dat hierdie siekte latirisme was, ’n neurologiese komplikasie veroorsaak deur die inname van groot hoeveelhede grasertjies. Die verbod wat Pythagoras in die 6de eeu v.C. op kontak met boerbone geplaas het, mag verband hou met favisme (’n boerboon gepresipiteerde siektebeeld by persone met G6PD-gebrek, volop in die Mediterreense lande), maar kon ook ’n misties-religieuse grondslag gehad het, gebaseer op die groot bygeloof wat aan boontjies,die gewaande oorsprong van die menslike siel, gekoppel was. Legumes formed an important part of the diet in Graeco-Roman times, and included broad beans (Vicia fava) and probably beans of the Phaseolus genus, lentils (Lens culinaris), peas (Pisium sativum) and chickpeas (Cicer arietinum) and peas of the Lathyrus genus, e.g. grasspeas (Lathyrus sativum). Vetch (Vicia ervilia) was eaten only in times of severe food shortages. Symptoms and health prob-lems associated with the consumption of legumes are reviewed, and include relatively minor issues like abdominal distention and flatulence, but also alleged sexual problems, abnormal pregnancies, bad dreams and dulling of the senses. In the 5th century BC the Hippocratic writers reported in Epidemics II that the inhabitants of Ainos developed irreversible weakness of their legs due to the eating of pulse (legume mixtures) in times of war and starvation. It is argued that this represents the lathyrism syndrome caused by a neurotoxin present in grasspeas - and that the Hippocratic doctors were the first to recognize this neurological disease. In the 6th century BC Pythagoras prohibited his followers from eating or coming into contact with broad beans. The possibility is reviewed that he might have been aware of favism - a potentially fatal illness precipitated by broad beans in patients with G6DP-deficiency (a hereditary condition common in Mediterranean peoples). It is perhaps more likely that the prohibition rested on mystic and religious considerations, as the bean (as possible origin of the human soul) was enveloped in a veil of mysticism and superstition. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2001-09-28 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/satnt.v20i1.244 | |
| Source | Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie; Vol 20, No 1 (2001); 9-13 Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie; Vol 20, No 1 (2001); 9-13 2222-4173 0254-3486 | |
| Language | eng | |
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