Experiment 428902
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Cantharis vesicatoria (CANTHARIDAE) |
| Citation | POLETTINI,A: CRIPPA,O: RAVAGLI,A: SARAGONI,A:. (1992). A FATAL CASE OF POISONING WITH CANTHARIDIN.. 56(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | DISCUSSED IS A CASE STUDY OF A 38 YEAR-OLD MALE WHO INGESTED CANTHARIDES TO OBTAIN AN APHRODISIAC EFFECT. HE IMMEDIATELY EXPERIENCED BURNING OF THE TONGUE AND PHARYNX, INTENSE DISPHAGIA AND SIALORRHEA FOLLOWED BY PYROTIC PAIN, GASTRIC SPASM AND VOMITING. HE PRESENTED WITH CAUSTIC LESIONS OF THE MOUTH AND PHARNYX. HE BECAME ANURIC AND COMATOSE WITH SIGNS OF RENAL AND HEPATIC DAMAGE AND A TENDENCY TO BLEEDING. HE DIED 30 HOURS AFTER INGESTION. |
| Number | 3 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ORGANISM |