Experiment 1213798
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Organism | Blighia sapida (SAPINDACEAE) |
| Citation | BRUN,T:. (1988). PESTICIDE TOXICITY OR HYPOGLYCINE A POISONING (IVORY COAST,1984)?. 1988(8591) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 54 CHILDREN DIED OF A SYNDROME INCLUDING ABDOMINAL PAIN, VOMITING, DROWSINESS AND CONVULSIONS WITH TERMINAL COMA. THE CAUSE HAS BEEN VARIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AND TO CONSUMPTION OF UNRIPE BLIGHIA SAPIDA FRUITS. THE AUTOR POINTS OUT THAT LOCAL FAMILIES WERE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF THIS FRUIT, THAT SEVERAL FAMILIES WHO LOST CHILDREN DID NOT CONSUME THE FRUIT BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS TABOOS, AND THAT B. SAPIDA-INDUCED TOXICITY IS SELDOM FATAL IN OTHER AREAS. |
| Number | 1 |