Experiment 1209626
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Atractylis gummifera (ASTERACEAE) |
| Citation | GEORGIOU,M: SIANIDOU,L: HATZIS,T: PAPADATOS,J: KOUTSELINIS,A:. (1988). HEPATOTOXICITY DUE TO ATRACTYLIS GUMMIFERA L.. 26(7) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL 2 DAYS AFTER INGESTING ROOT EXTRACT, TAKEN AGAINST OXYURIASIA. HE WAS IN COMA STAGE II, HAD EPIGASTRIC PAIN, VOMITING AND GENERAL ANXIETY. THE LIVER SWELLED, BUT LATER DECREASED IN SIZE. THE PATIENT BECAME PROGRESSIVELY JAUNDICED, DEVELOPED MYDRIASIS, AND DIED 8 DAYS AFTER ADMISSION. POSTMORTEM EXMINATON SHOWED DIFFFUSE NECROSIS OF THE HEPATIC PARENCHYMA WITH COLLAPSE OF INTERESTITIAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN CHILD |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |