Experiment 890620
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Oenanthe crocata (APIACEAE) |
| Citation | FITZGERALD,P: MOSS,N: O'MAHONY,S:. (1988). ACCIDENTAL HEMLOCK POISONING.. 295(6613) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | FOUR ADULTS PRESENTED WITH VOMITING AND SWEATING, 2 WITH PREVIOUS CONVULSIONS, WITHIN 2 HRS OF INGESTING "WILD CELERY" SOUP. NO ABNORMAL NEUROLOGICAL SIGNS OTHER THAN DILATED PUPILS WERE SEEN. ALL SURVIVED WITH SUPPORTIVE TREATMENT. THE PLANT USED TO MAKE THE SOUP WAS IDENTIFIED AS OENANTHE CROCATA. THE TOXIN IN THE PLANT WAS PARTIALLY INACTIVATED DURING COOKING. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TUBER |