Det här är intressant!
Ett thailändskt naturläkemedel som man kan koka te på innehåller samma/liknande substans som skapar den kaliumnedsättade effekten i lakrits. Finns dokumenterade fall. De som anges i artikeln är äldre personer men på sjukhuset kanske man druckit hälsote flertalet gånger så att det blev farligt även för yngre personer.
På engelska:
Citat:
Diospyros rhodocalyx (Tako-Na), a Thai folk medicine, associated with hypokalemia and generalized muscle weakness: a case series
Citat:
Case 1: A 61-year-old man was brought in nine hours after drinking 400-500 mL of Tako-Na tea. One handful of Tako-Na bark was boiled in water to make tea. He had vomiting and watery diarrhea six hours after drinking it. He took no medications and had no history of hypertension. The only remarkable vital sign was BP 167/90 mmHg. Physical examination revealed generalized muscle weakness. Laboratory findings were potassium 2.7 mmol/L, bicarbonate 24 mmol/L, and transtubular potassium gradient (TTKG) 5.6. He was discharged the next day with a BP 140/90 mmHg and potassium 4.2 mmol/L.
Citat:
Conclusions: Tako-Na contains betulin, betulinic acid, taraxerone, lupeol, and lupenone. Their structures are similar to glycyrrhetic acid, the active metabolite of glycyrrhizic acid found in licorice which is well known to cause pseudoaldosteronism. Glycyrrhetic acid is potent in inhibiting 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, and causes pseudoaldosteronism. We hypothesize that the compounds in Tako-Na act in the same way as glycyrrhetic acid in producing pseudoaldosteronism
Källa:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28617146/
Inte omöjligt! Går ju helt klart att tänka sig en story line om hur detta hade kunnat gå till.
