If these alkaloids are not properly removed in a so-called "debittering process", they can trigger poisoning in humans which affects the nervous, circulatory and digestive systems. "When purchasing ...

Curtin University researchers say they are close to developing a food supplement which could prove more potent than some pharmaceutical drugs in tackling diabetes. Research team leader Professor ...

They are a quintessential feature of any English country garden. But as well as brightening up a herbaceous border with delicate spears of pink, purple and blue, lupins are fast becoming the latest ...

Dear Helen: A friend in Northern Ireland sent me a memorial packet of lupin seeds from his wife’s funeral. I want to grow them, but I need to be sure they are not one of the invasive kinds of lupin.