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Broad beans are rich in , and thus should be avoided by those taking .

Raw broad beans contain , and , which can induce in patients with the hereditary condition (G6PD). This potentially fatal condition is called "favism" after the fava bean.

Broad beans are rich in , a substance used medically in the treatment of . L-dopa is also a natriuretic agent, which might help in controlling . Some also use fava beans as a natural alternative to drugs like , citing a link between L-dopa production and the human . Broad beans are widely cultivated in district Kech and Panjgur of Balochistan Province of Pakistan and eastern province of Iran. In Balochi language, they are called Bakalaink, and Baqala in Persian. The elders generally restrict the young children from eating them raw (when unmatured) because they can cause constipation and -like symptoms.

Areas of origin of the bean correspond to malarial areas. There are epidemiological and in vitro studies that the hemolysis resulting from favism acts as protection from malaria, because certain species of malarial protozoa such as Plasmodium falcipacrum are very sensitive to oxidative damage due to deficiency of Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase enzyme which would otherwise protect from oxidative damage via production of qlutathione reductase.