Pennyroyal toxicity: Measurement of toxic metabolite levels in two cases and review of the literature

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 726-734

  Anderson, Ilene B ^a   Mullen, Walter H ^a   Meeker, James E ^b   Khojasteh Bakht, Siamak C ^c   Oishi, Shimako ^c   Nelson, Sidney D ^c   Blanc, Paul D ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Institute of Forensic Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ACETYLCYSTEINE; DRUG METABOLITE; GLUTATHIONE; MENTHOFURAN; PULEGONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERB; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER MICROSOME; LIVER TOXICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT INTOXICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029887823     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-8-199604150-00004     Document Type: Article

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