Experiment 67684
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Lycopodium selago (LYCOPODIACEAE) |
| Citation | FELGENHAUER,N: ZILKER,T: WOREK,F: EYER,P:. (2000). INTOXICATION WITH HUPERZINE A, A POTENT ANTICHOLINESTERASE FOUND IN THE FIR CLUB MOSS.. 38(7) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A REPORT OF 2 PATIENTS WHO DRANK A TEA, ERRONEOUSLY PREPARED FROM DRIED HERBS OF LYCOPODIUM SELAGO, WHICH RESULTED IN SWEATING, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, DIZZINESS, CRAMPS, AND SLURRED SPEECH. THESE SYMPTOMS WERE SUGGESTIVE OF A CHOLINERGIC MECHANISM. TO ELUCIDATE THE ACTIVE PRINCIPLE, AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF LYCOPODIUM SELAGO WERE CHECKED FOR THEIR SUSPECTED ANTICHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY. THE AMOUNT OF HUPERZINE A FOUND IN THE LYCOPODIUM SELAGO SAMPLE USED FOR THE TEA PREPARATION WAS CALCULATED TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR A RELEVANT ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION. |
| Number | 3 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | INFUSION |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |