Editing Bamboo (section)

== Toxicity ==
Gardeners working with bamboo plants have occasionally reported [[Allergic response|allergic reactions]] varying from no effects during previous exposures, to immediate itchiness and rash developing into red welts after several hours where the skin had been in contact with the plant ([[Contact dermatitis|contact allergy]]), and in some cases into swollen eyelids and breathing difficulties (dyspnea). A [[Skin allergy test|skin prick test]] using bamboo extract was positive for the [[Immunoglobulin E|immunoglobulin E (IgE)]] in an available case study.<ref name="Kitajima1986">{{cite journal |last1=Kitajima |first1=T. |year=1986 |title=Contact allergy caused by bamboo shoots |journal=Contact Dermatitis |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=100–102 |doi=10.1111/j.1600-0536.1986.tb01293.x |pmid=3780197 |s2cid=36280844}}</ref><ref name="Hipler2005">{{cite journal |author=Hipler U.-C. |display-authors=et al |year=1986 |title=Typ IV-Allergie gegen Bambusblätter - ein Fallbereicht |trans-title=Type IV allergy against bamboo leaves – a case study |journal=Allergo J |volume=14 |pages=45}}</ref><ref name="Garneners2012">{{cite web |date=4 September 2012 |title=Thinning bamboos, with itchy consequences |url=https://www.succulentsandmore.com/2012/09/thinning-bamboos-with-itchy-consequences.html |access-date=3 June 2018 |website=Succulents And More}}</ref> The shoots (newly emerged culms) of bamboo contain the toxin taxiphyllin (a [[cyanogenic glycoside]]), which produces [[cyanide]] in the gut.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ding |first1=Ming |last2=Wang |first2=Kailiang |date=2018-04-18 |title=Determination of cyanide in bamboo shoots by microdiffusion combined with ion chromatography–pulsed amperometric detection |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=172128 |bibcode=2018RSOS....572128D |doi=10.1098/rsos.172128 |issn=2054-5703 |pmc=5936929 |pmid=29765664}}</ref>