An accidental case of aconite poisoning due to Kampo herbal medicine ingestion

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 132-135

  Ono, Takiyoshi ^a   Hayashida, Makiko ^a   Uekusa, Kyoko ^a   Lai, Cui Fan ^a   Hayakawa, Hideyuki ^a   Nihira, Makoto ^a   Ohno, Youkichi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aconiti tuber; Aconitum alkaloids; GC MS; Poisoning; Uzu

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM EXTRACT; ALKALOID; PLANT TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PARALYSIS; ACCIDENT; ACONITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; INTOXICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT ROOT;

ACCIDENTS; ACONITUM; ALKALOIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT POISONING; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 63249111167     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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