Experiment 356063
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Valeriana officinalis (VALERIANACEAE) |
| Citation | MADY,SP: COBAUGH,DJ: WAX,PM:. (1995). VALERIAN OVERDOSE: A CASE REPORT.. 37(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A CASE REPORT OF A FEMALE SUBJECT WHO WAS PRESENTED TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 3 HRS AFTER INGESTING 40 TO 50 VALERIAN CAPSULES (470 MG EACH) IN A SUICIDE ATTEMPT. AT 30 MIN POST-INGESTION THE PATIENT HAD FATIGUE, ABDOMINAL PAIN CHEST TIGHTNESS TREMOR OF HANDS AND FEET AND LIGHTHEADEDNESS. VITAL SIGNS WERE WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. EKG, CBC, AND LIVER TESTS WERE ALL NORMAL. SYMPTOMS RESOLVED WITHIN 24 HRS. OVERDOSE WAS BENIGN, SUPPORTING A LOW ORDER OF TOXICITY FOR VALERIAN. |
| Dose amount | 18.8 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | EQUIVOCAL |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ROOT |
| Gender | FEMALE |