A doctor at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said on microblogging that the red phoenix beet contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids with hepatotoxicity, suggesting that people should not eat this wild vegetable. He introduced, red phoenix vegetable in taxonomy belongs to the family of chrysanthemums, millimetre light family, chrysanthemum three seven genus. In the last century, chemists have found that the plants of the Trigonella species generally contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA), and a large number of PA toxicity experiments have been done in animals, proving that it has a strong hepatotoxicity, which can lead to cirrhosis of the liver.

In addition, it is carcinogenic, teratogenic, and can cause primary pulmonary hypertension. Later from the red phoenix vegetable also isolated this kind of alkaloids, the red phoenix vegetable and chrysanthemum Panax quinquefolium several other kinds of wild vegetables have done toxicological analysis, the results show that the red phoenix vegetable above ground has the strongest hepatotoxicity. Therefore, it is recommended that the public should not consume red cabbage

All in all, although there is no authoritative body to ban the consumption of blood-skinned vegetables related ban!

But the love of eating blood-skinned vegetables must also be in moderation, after all, it does have the potential to cause liver damage. Experts say it should be stir-fried over high heat, which may reduce its toxicity.