Dieffenbachia is a popular indoor plant known for its lush green foliage. However, it contains insoluble calcium oxalates, which can cause intense oral irritation, drooling, swelling of the mouth ...

Current focus is to decipher the pathways of calcium oxalate crystal formation and oxalate degradation. In plant foods, oxalate exists in two general forms, soluble and insoluble, and each form can ...

The vast majority of CICD reactions, however, are caused by one of seven basic irritant groups: calcium oxalate, protoanemonin, isothiocyanates, diterpene esters, bromelain, and alkaloids.