Experiment 648428
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | OPHTHALMIC |
| Organism | Asclepias curassavica (ASCLEPIADACEAE) |
| Citation | CHAKRABORTY,S: SIEGENTHALER,J: BUCHI,ER:. (1995). CORNEAL EDEMA DUE TO ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA.. 113(8) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A CASE REPORT OF A 60 YEAR OLD MALE PATIENT WHO DEVELOPS HAZY VISION IN THE LEFT EYE. HIS HANDS HAD COME IN CONTACT WITH THE WHITE MILKY LATEX OF A CURASSAVICA AND HE HAD ROBBED HIS LEFT EYE IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. VISUAL ACUILTY HAD DECREASED THE CENTRAL CORNEA EXHIBITED EXTENSIVE STROMAL EDEMA WITH FOLDS OF DESCEMET'S MEMBRANE. 2 DAYS LATER VISION WAS NORMAL. |
| Dose amount | FS |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | LATEX |
| Gender | MALE |