Are plants carcinogenic, and which plants cause cancer?

Plants that contain carcinogens can cause cancer, or plants that have become moldy may also contain carcinogens!

Here are five potted plants that can cause cancer. See if you have a "time bomb" in your home

1. Tiger thorn plum. The white song color juice of tiger thorn plum contains toxins, ** contact may cause redness and swelling, accidental ingestion will cause edema of the mouth and throat, will cause cancer, can not be placed indoors.

2. Flat bamboo orchid. It is said that the beautiful bamboo orchid can cause cancer, many people do not believe it, and before you are sure whether the bamboo orchid is really cancer-inducing, it is best not to raise it, let alone eat it for no reason.

3. Variable leaf wood. The milk of the tree is poisonous, and humans and animals will accidentally eat its leaves or sap to cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and other poisoning symptoms. Variegated wood milk contains substances that activate EBV, and long-term exposure may induce nasopharyngeal cancer.

4. Mandala. The whole grass of mandala is poisonous, especially the fruit, especially the seeds, is the most toxic, followed by the young leaves, and the dried leaves are less toxic than the fresh leaves.

5. Red-backed cinnamon. Red-backed cinnamon is not suitable for long-term indoor storage, because of the possibility of carcinogenicity, this statement is ** in "The Light of Science and Technology".

Carcinogenic

Carcinogenicity means causing cancer, and there are about four main categories of carcinogenic causes: chemical factors, physical factors, viruses, and familial inheritance.

There are many chemicals that have definite or suspected carcinogenic effects on animals, some of which may be linked to human cancerous tumors. Most chemicals need to be metabolized and activated in the body (mainly in the liver) before they can cause cancer, and are called indirect carcinogens. A small number of chemicals can cause cancer without metabolic transformation in the body, which is called direct carcinogens.

Some plants are poisonous, such as oleander.

Plants are widely distributed in nature and are an indispensable part of nature, providing food to human beings, and some are also important industrial raw materials. They are closely related to people's lives. However, the chemical composition of plants itself is complex, and many of them are toxic substances, which may cause many diseases and even death if accidentally touched.

Plants can often be seen in **, here I want to classify the main toxic components in plants, and make a more detailed summary of poisonous plants. Many of them are very familiar to everyone, and their toxicity may not have been known before.

The main symptoms that can be caused by toxic substances are:

1) Allergies. Many people have allergic reactions to plants, such as fungal spores, pollen grains in the air, and fungi in the soil. Hay fever is generally caused by tree pollen in spring, grass pollen in summer, and some herbaceous pollen in autumn.

2) Dermatitis. Some plants such as sumac, American sumac and primula can cause dermatitis in humans, cultivated cyclamen can also cause toxic reactions in some people, and touching the hairs on the stems of nettles, mugwort and bayberry can also cause temporary physical discomfort.

3) Internal poisoning. It can occur in both humans and animals, and the degree of poisoning depends on the type, quantity, quality and age and quality of the ingested plants.