Experiment 960666
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Strychnos nux-vomica (LOGANIACEAE) |
| Citation | ZHANG,YG: HUANG,GZ:. (1988). POISONING BY TOXIC PLANTS IN CHINA. REPORT OF 19 AUTOPSY CASES.. 9(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | TWO CASES OF DEATH DUE TO INGESTION OF THE TITLE PLANT PRESCRIBED BY A NONPROFESSIONAL HERBALIST: ONE WAS A 15 YEAR OLD BOY DIAGNOSED AS HAVING POLIOMYELITIS AND THE OTHER A 6.5 YEAR OLD GIRL. THE FORMER CASE DIED ON DAY 15 AFTER INGESTING 0.5 GM EVERY DAY. THE SECOND DIED AFTER TAKING 0.3 GM DAILY OVER A 53 DAY PERIOD. SYMPTOMS ARE DESCRIBED. |
| Dose amount | 0.3 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN CHILD |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEEDS |