Experiment 960656
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Tripterygium wilfordii (CELASTRACEAE) |
| Citation | ZHANG,YG: HUANG,GZ:. (1988). POISONING BY TOXIC PLANTS IN CHINA. REPORT OF 19 AUTOPSY CASES.. 9(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A 25 YEAR OLD WOMAN WORKER WHO SUFFERED FROM RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WAS PRESUMABLY OVERDOSED WHEN TREATED WITH A MIXTURE OF LEI GONG TENG (THE TITLE PLANT). SYMPTOMS OF POISINING INCLUDED NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, ABDOMINAL DISTENTION, TACHYCARDIA, LUMBAR PAIN & MELENA, WHICH OCCURRED SUCCESSIVELY, FOLLOWED BY SHOCK, LEUKOPENIA & THE APPEARANCE OF PROTEIN CASTS & RED & WHITE CELLS IN URINE. SHE DIED ON DAY 15. AUTOPSY FINDINGS ARE DESCRIBED. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ROOT |
| Gender | FEMALE |