Furthermore, this poisoning can be prevented when consuming djenkol beans by boiling them beforehand, since djenkolic acid is removed from the beans.
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Djenkolic acid was later reported to be found as much as 20 grams in every kilogram of dry djenkol beans, and it has also been reported to be found to a lesser extent in the seeds of other leguminous plants such as " Leucaena esculenta " ( 2.2 g / kg ) and " Pithecolobium ondulatum " ( 2.8 g / kg ).