Experiment 7161

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismDioscorea quartiniana (DIOSCOREACEAE)
CitationSTEYN,DG:. (1965). AN INVESTIGATION INTO CASES OF SUSPECTED POISONING IN AFRICANS IN NORTHERN RHODESIA.. 39()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseSYMPTOMS: LISTLESSNESS, TACHYCARDIA, ACCELERATED RESPIRATION, INTERMITTENT RESTLESSNESS AND DIARRHEA DEATH PRECEDED BY COMA AND TERMINAL CONVULSIONS,WITHIN 24-48 HOURS AFTER DOSING AUTOPSY FINDINGS: SEVERE CONGESTION AND EDEMA OF LUNGS, ENLARGED SPLEEN, ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS, FRIABLE AND SOFT LIVER HISTOLOGY:LIVER,DEGENERATIVE CHANGES:KIDNEY,MODERATE NEPHROSIS:LUNGS,SEVERE CONGESTION:ETC
Dose amount<5.0 GM
Number2
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalRABBIT
Per unitKG
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractTUBER