Experiment 67027
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Jatropha multifida (EUPHORBIACEAE) |
| Citation | LEVIN,Y: SHERER,Y: BIBI,H: SCHLESINGER,M: HAY,E:. (2000). RARE JATROPHA MULTIFIDA INTOXICATION IN TWO CHILDREN.. 19(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | TWO CHILDREN WERE ADMITTED THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT(ED) AFTER INGESTING A LARGE AMOUND OF FRUIT OF A PLANT IDENTIFIED AS JATROPHA MULTIFIDA. THEY WERE MILDLY OBTUNDED, HAD INTRACTABLE VOMITING, AND SEEMED DEHYDRATED. INTRAVENOUS FLUID REPLACEMENT AND URINE ALKALINIZATION WERE INITIATED. AFTER STABILIZATION, THEIR 5-DAY HOSPITAL STAYS WERE UNEVENTFUL EXCEPT FOR A SUBCLINICAL RISE OF LIVER ENZYMES. JATROPHA SPECIES CONTAIN THE TOXALBUMIN RICIN, WHICH CAUSES SEVERE VOMITING AND DIARRHEA, DEHYDRATION, SHOCK, AND RENAL AND HEPATIC IMPAIRMENT. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN CHILD |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | FRUIT |
| Gender | MALE |