Experiment 1064120

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismSenecio douglasii (ASTERACEAE)
CitationFOX,DW: HART,MC: BERGESON,PS: JARRETT,PB: STILLMAN,AE: HUXTABLE,RJ:. (1978). PYRROLIZIDINE (SENECIO) INTOXICATION MIMICKING REYE SYNDROME.. 93()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseTWO MONTH OLD CHILD DIED AFTER BEING GIVEN AN INFUSION OF PLANT BELIEVED TO BE "GORDOLOBO" FOR COUGH CHILD DOSED OVER A 4-DAY PERIOD:INITIAL SYMPTOMS WERE VOMITING AND HEMATEMESIS:PATIENT ADMITTED TO H PATIENT STUPOROUS WITH OPISTHOTONOS PROGRESSING WITHIN 24 HRS TO JAUNDICE WITH DEATH ON 6TH DAY OF H NECROPSY REVEALED FINDINGS SUGGEST IVE OF REYE SYNDROME
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN CHILD
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractHOT H2O EXT
GenderMALE(CHILD)