Experiment 635100
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Nicotiana glauca (SOLANACEAE) |
| Citation | MELLICK,LB: MAKOWSKI,T: MELLICK,GA: BORGER,R:. (1999). NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE AFTER INGESTION OF TREE TOBACCO (NICOTIANA GLAUCA).. 34(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | TWO CASE STUDIES OF 2 MALES WHO CONSUMED THE PLANT LEAVES, AS EDIBLE HERBS. THE FIRST PATIENT WITHIN 5 MINUTES HAD NAUSEA VOMITING AND WATERY DIARRHEA AFTER FEW HOURS LATER HAD PROGRESSIVE GENRALIZED WEAKNESS. PATIENT BECAUSE OF SEVERE MUSCLE AND COMPROMISED RESPIRATORY STATUS, WAS ADMITTED TO ICU. PATIENT RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING DAY. IN HIS SECOND CASE, A BLACK MALE, WAS ADMITTED WITH GENERALIZED WEAKNESS, STIFF FEELING JAW AND DOUBLE VISION. PATIENT WAS ALSO UNABLE TO MOVE. TWO CASES OF RARE HUMAN POISONING REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE DIFFERANTIAL DIAGNOSIS FOR PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH GENERALIZED MUSCLE WEAKNESS, PARESIS, OR PARALYSIS. |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | LEAVES |
| Gender | MALE |