1. theSun | WEDNESDAY APRIL 23 2008 9
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Oxalate hazard
in starfruits
by Joseph Masilamany and
Tan Yi Liang aware of such
newsdesk@thesundaily.com toxins being
present in the
PETALING JAYA: Two local fruit or of any
medical experts give their opin- such study
ions on the case of a Malaysian published in
been diagnosed as suffering any phar-
The starfruit is bad
from “food poisoning” after macological
for kidney patients
eating starfruits in Shenzhen, or medical
China. journals.
Prof Mustaffa Ali Mohd, of He also
the Pharmacology Department told theSun no c