Experiment 934783
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Mabea excelsa (EUPHORBIACEAE) |
| Citation | MARKBY,DP: BROOKS,G: EVANS,AT: EVANS,FJ:. (1989). CHECHUM (POISON SAP TREE) TOXIN, A POTENT ACTIVATOR OF PROTEIN KINASE C.. 1989(8650) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN JANUARY OF 1987, SEVERAL SOLDIERS IN BELIZE PRESENTED WITH A DERMATITIS DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE BARK, WET LEAVES AND LATEX OF THIS PLANT. IRRITATION PRODUCED FINE RED MACULES ON EXPOSED SKIN AND ULCERS ON THE UPPER ARMS. FOUR MEN WERE EVACUATED TO THE UK FOR TREATMENT. |
| Dose amount | FS |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | PLANT |