2022
Volume 22, Number 1/2, pp. 7-8
Cereulide-a valinomycin-like peptide-contained in commercial beverages constitutes a public health hazard
P.A. Grigoriev
Institute of Cell Biophysics, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
Cereulide is a valinomycin-like peptide that has been found in the beverage Coca Cola. Given cereulide's toxicity-greater than that of valinomycin-it is proposed that it is responsible for the recent spate of teenagers attending discotheques and suspected of suffering from heart failure.
Keywords: emergency calls, mitochondria, potassium