Jimson Weed Extract as a Protective Agent in Severe Organophosphate Toxicity

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-338

  Bania, Theodore C ^a,c   Chu, Jason ^a   Bailes, Dallas ^b   O'Neill, Melanie ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidotes; Datura stramonium; Organophosphate toxicity

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DATURA STRAMONIUM EXTRACT; DICHLORVOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PESTINAL; STRAMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; INSECT CONTROL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 1842592096     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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