British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy · 1956 · 22 citations · 2 references
Life SciencesBotanyToxicologyComparative ToxicologyPharmaceutical ToxicologyPoisoning DiagnosisPlant PoisoningPoisonous PlantsToxic PlantsDeath RatesEthnomedical Poison PlantsHuman Poisoning By PlantsHuman Poisoning CasesPoison Hemlock ToxicityPoisonous Plant ToxicityToxicology Of Medicinal PlantsTraditional Poison Uses
The Umbellifer, Qenanthe crocata, is found in damp situations in many parts of the British Isles and Western Europe, and is held to be one of our most poisonous indigenous plants. Confusion in nomenclature renders many early reports unreliable, though Vaughan (1722) appears to have recognized the effects produced in man by ingestion of the tubers. Bloc (1873), Demoor (1896, 1897) and Witthaus (1911) report 124, 218, and 159 cases of poisoning respectively, with death rates of between 26 and 44%. In Demoor's series, the mortality among those who suffered convulsions was approximately 70%. Fatal instances of poisoning still appear in the contemporary literature (Lancet, 1947).
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62. Oenanthotoxin and cicutoxin. Isolation and structures
EFLJ Anet, B. Lythgoe, M. H. Silk et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) · 1953 · 78 citations