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Making any wild potatoes safe to eat required reducing the glycoalkaloid content to between one-fifteenth and one-twentieth of its normal level.
Convertir la patata salvaje en un producto comestible exigía disminuir su contenido de glicoalcaloides entre un 50% y un 20%.
Potatoes are from the nightshade family, which is of course notoriously toxic, and in their wild state they are full of poisonous glycoalkaloids – the same stuff, at lower doses, that puts the zip in caffeine and nicotine.
La patata es de la familia de la belladona, que es altamente tóxica, y en su estado salvaje está llena de glicoalcaloides venenosos, el mismo elemento, en menores dosis, que aporta energía a la cafeína y la nicotina.
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