Experiment 67589
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Ginkgo biloba (GINKGOACEAE) |
| Citation | MIWA,H: IIJIMA,M: TANAKA,S: MIZUNO,Y:. (2001). GENERALIZED CONVULSIONS AFTER CONSUMING A LARGE AMOUNT OF GINKGO NUTS.. 42(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | WE REPORT A 36-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. WHO PRESENTED FREQUENT VOMITING AND GENERALIZED CONVULSIONS. ABOUT 4H BEFORE THE CONVULSION, SHE HAD CONSUMED -70-80 GINKGO NUTS, SEEDS OF GINKGO BILOBA. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT CONVULSION MAY BE INDUCED IF A LARGE AMOUNT OF GINKGO NUTS IS CONSUMED. THE NEUROTOXICITY OF GINKGO NUTS, PARTICULARLY THEIR CONVULSION-INDUCING EFFECT, SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEEDS |
| Gender | FEMALE |