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Details: Toxicity:
Foliage and other parts, particularly seeds, of some species contain toxic quantities of quinolizidine alkaloids that cause acute neurological illness; however, seeds of some moderately toxic species are made edible as human food by appropriate processing. A few species that contain piperidine alkaloids or anagyrine cause birth defects in livestock, especially cattle, by impairing fetal mobility. In the Old World, lupinosis is a chronic liver disease caused by fungi that infect lupin species.
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