Experiment 1087364
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Prunus armeniaca (ROSACEAE) |
| Citation | LASCH,EE: EL SHAWA,R:. (1981). MULTIPLE CASES OF CYANIDE POISONING BY APRICOT KERNELS IN CHILDREN FROM GAZA.. 68() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | DESCRIPTION OF TWO EPISODES OF CYANIDE POISONING IN CHILDREN AFTER INGESTION OF APRICOT KERNELS.THE FIRST EPISODE INVOLVED EIGHT CHILDREN WHO EXHIBITED TYPICAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CYANIDE POISONING TWO HOURS AFTER HAVING INGESTED A LARGE AMOUNT OF SEEDS. SEVEN CHILDREN RECOVERED AND ONE DIED SOON AFTER ADMISSION. THE SECOND EPISODE INVOLVED 16 CHILDREN WHO HAD EATEN A SWEET PREPARED FROM SUCH KERNELS. THE SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS WERE IDENTICAL WITH THOSE IN THE FIRST GROUP BUT APPEARED 1/2 HOUR AFTER INGESTION. THE SYMPTOMS WERE MORE SEVERE IN THE SECOND GROUP. THIRTEEN CHILDREN RECOVERED,TWO DIED SHORTLY AFTER ADMISSION AND A THIRD CHILED DIED TWO HOURS LATER. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEEDS |