Experiment 1246176
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Mentha pulegium (LAMIACEAE) |
| Citation | SHETTLE,RC:. (1895). CASE OF ENTERITIS AND ULCERATION OF MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF THE BOWELS, WITH SEVERE HAEMORRHAGE, ATTRIBUTED TO THE EFFECTS OF PENNYROYAL.. 1() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | SIX WEEK PREGNANT WOMAN(24 YR OLD) CLAIMED TO HAVE TAKEN "PENNYROYAL" TO PROCURE AN ABORTION. SYMPTOMS OF TOXICITY ARE DESCRIBED ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS(4 MONTHS),INCLUDING CONVULSIONS,CON ATTENDING PHYSICIAN CLAIMED "I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE VERY SERIOUS EFFECTS WERE PROBABLY DUE,PARTLY TO SOME CONSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESS AND DEPRESSION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM,PARTLY TO A GOUTY DUE TO THE PENNYROYAL CONTAINING A LARGER THAN USUAL PORTION OF WHITE BRYONY(BRYONIA ALBA)" "THE LIQUID SOLD IN THE SHOPS AS PENNYROYAL AND HYSTERIC WATER IS PREPARED BY ADDING HALF AN OUNCE OF COMPOUND SPIRIT OF BRYONY TO HALF A PINT OF PENNYROYAL WATER" |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN(PREGNANT) |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |