acute ackee fruit intoxication https://www.malacards.org/card/acute_ackee_fruit_intoxication GARD:0009299 Jamaican vomiting syndrome Orphanet:73423 Jamaican vomiting sickness ackee poisoning SCTID:49434001 ICD9:988.2 MONDO:0019140 Acute ackee fruit intoxication (also referred to as Jamaican vomiting syndrome or sickness) is caused by the ingestion of unripe Blighia sapida fruits. It is a serious intoxication that is frequent in certain countries in the Caribbean and Western Africa. In contrast, it is rare in France and other Western countries. Intoxication leads to toxic hypoglycaemia and inhibition of neoglucogenesis. The hypoglycaemia is caused by the effect of hypoglycin A, which is found in the arils. MESH:C537562 acute intoxication by Blighia sapida acute disease poisoning