Detection of poisoning by impila (Callilepis laureola) in a mother and child

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 594-597

  Steenkamp, V ^a   Stewart, M J ^a,c   Zuckerman, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acute hepatic necrosis; Atractyloside; Callilepis laureola; Impila; Renal necrosis; Traditional remedies

Indexed keywords

ATRACTYLOSIDE; PLANT TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY NECROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ATRACTYLOSIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

CALLILEPIS LAUREOLA; LAUREOLA;

EID: 0032736394     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096032799678839428     Document Type: Article

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