A comparative study of five fatal cases of Taxus poisoning

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 417-422

  Pietsch, J ^a   Schulz, K ^a   Schmidt, U ^a   Andresen, H ^b   Schwarze, B ^c   Dressler J ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3,5 Dimethoxyphenol; Fatalities; HPLC PDA; Taxus spp.

Indexed keywords

3,5 DIMETHOXYPHENOL; AGLYCONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTOXICATION; LIVER CONGESTION; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MYDRIASIS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CONTENT; SUICIDE; TAXUS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DUODENUM; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PLANT LEAVES; TAXUS;

EID: 34548124715     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-006-0099-5     Document Type: Article

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