Experiment 49695
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Karwinskia humboldtiana (RHAMNACEAE) |
| Citation | IZQUIERDO,AE: NIETO,D:. (1965). NEUROPATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF INTOXICATION WITH KARWINSKIA HUMBOLDTIANA STUDIED IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS.. 95() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A REVIEW OF NEUROTOXIC SYMPTOMS FOLLOWING ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF THE FRUITS OF THIS PLANT IN MEXICO IS PRESENTED. THE FIRST CASE WAS REPORTED IN 1789 AND MORE THAN 150 CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE THEN. WITHIN 2-3 WEEKS FOLLOWING INGESTION, ASCENDING FLACCID PARALYSIS, PROGRESSING TO BULBAR PARALYSIS AND ENDING IN DEATH (DEPENDING ON AMOUNT INGESTED) OCCURS. THE PATIENT MAY SLOWLY REGRESS TO COMPLETE RECOVERY IF THE AMOUNT INGESTED IS SMALL. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | FRUIT |