Fava bean disease is a type of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency that manifests as hemolytic anemia caused by eating fava beans. The exact mechanism of hemolysis is unknown, and only a small number of G6PD-deficient individuals in the same region develop the disease, and it does not occur every year that fava beans are consumed

The subdiscipline of biology. It is the study of the chemical composition of living matter, structure and life activities in the process of various chemical changes in the basic life sciences.