Experiment 960665
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Dioscorea simulans (DIOSCOREACEAE) |
| 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 20 YEAR OLD MALE STUDENT FELT ABDOMINAL PAINS AFTER EATING THE RAW OR COOKED TUBER OF THIS PLANT. HE VOMITED MORE THAN 10 TIMES BUT THEN SUFFERED NO OTHER COMPLAINTS. AFTER 3 DAYS HE EXPERIENCED DIZZINESS, FATIGUE, ABDOMINAL PAIN, DIARRHEA AND MELENA. ON DAY 8 AFTER INGESTION HE DIED. AUTOPSY FINDINGS ARE DESCRIBED AS WELL AS FURTHER SYMPTOMATOLOGY. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TUBER |
| Gender | MALE |