Ricinus communis intoxications in human and veterinary medicine-a summary of real cases

Toxins

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1332-1372

  Worbs, Sylvia ^a   Köhler, Kernt ^b   Pauly, Diana ^a   Avondet, Marc André ^c   Schaer, Martin ^c   Dorner, Martin B ^a   Dorner, Brigitte G ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Federal Department of Defence   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal intoxication; Fertilizer; Human intoxication; Poisoning; Ricin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANTITOXIN; CASTOR OIL; FERTILIZER; IMMUNOTOXIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLANT LECTIN; PLANT TOXIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY; RICIN; RICININE; RIVAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FATALITY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LD 50; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT INTOXICATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RICIN GENE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; STOMACH LAVAGE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; PLANT LECTINS; PYRIDONES; RICIN; RICINUS;

ANIMALIA; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 80054984615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins3101332     Document Type: Review

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