Experiment 638743
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Nerium oleander (APOCYNACEAE) |
| Citation | HAYNES,BE: BESSEN,HA: WIGHTMAN,WD:. (1995). OLEANDER TEA: HERBAL DRAUGHT OF DEATH.. 14(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A WOMAN DIED AFTER DRINKING HERBAL TEA PREPARED FROM OLEANDER (NERIUM OLEANDER) LEAVES. THIS CASE DEMONSTRATES THE CROSS-REACTIVITY BETWEEN THE CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES IN OLEANDER AND THE DIGOXIN RADIOIMMUNOASSAY. DIGOXIN-SPECIFIC FAB ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN USED IN OLEANDER POSIONING, BUT THESE MIGHT PROVE TO BE LIFESAVING. TREATMENT OF OLEANDER TOXICITY IS AIMED AT CONTROLLING ARRHYTHMIAS AND HYPERKALEMIA; INACTIVATION OF THE NA-K ATPASE PUMP, HOWEVER, CAN MAKE TREATMENT DIFFICULT. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | H2O EXT |
| Gender | FEMALE |