Durian diplomacies

Durian induced hyperkalaemia.

Hyperkalaemia is a life threatening acute medical emergency. Patients with end stage renal failure are more prone to get hyperkalaemia as potassium is normally excreted via the kidneys. Therefore, patients with end stage renal failure should avoid food with high potassium contents. Bananas are well known to have high potassium content. However, the 'king of fruits' the durian, has higher potass...

Impaction of Durian Seed in the Larynx

Common foreign bodies in adults include fish bones and improperly chewed meat A 72-year-old Malay gentleman was brought in by his son to the emergency department after he was seen gasping at home. The patient has an underlying history of stroke with neurological deficit include his gag reflex. According to family members, the patient had the symptom a day after he had allegedly consumed a piece...

Durian seed masquerading as gallstone ileus on computed tomography.

Dear Editor, Bezoars and gallstones are unusual causes of small bowel obstruction, with well-described imaging features on CT. We present a case of intestinal obstruction caused by a laminated mass in the terminal ileum that resembled a gallstone on CT, but was surgically proven to be a durian seed phytobezoar. Ex vivo imaging confi rmed that the 2 conditions share similar appearances on CT, an...

Durian and alcohol. A preliminary report.

Secondary metabolites in durian seeds: oligomeric proanthocyanidins.

Ethanolic extract of durian seeds was fractionated by reverse phase flash column chromatography and the fractions characterized by electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy. Among a few unknown compounds collected, oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs) were found to be one of the main compounds. Based on this result, the OPCs were purified the first time from the durian seeds using standard proce...