Association between children death and consumption of Cassia occidentalis seeds: Clinical and experimental investigations

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 236-248

  Panigrahi, Gatikrushna ^a,d   Tiwari, Shashikant ^b   Ansari, Kausar M ^a   Chaturvedi, Rajnish K ^b   Khanna, Vinay K ^b   Chaudhari, Bhushan P ^b   Vashistha, Vipin M ^c   Raisuddin, S ^d   Das, Mukul ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b CSIR IITR   (India)

^c Mangla Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

^d HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cassia occidentalis seed; Children; Hepatomyoencephalopathy; Hepatotoxicity; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN III; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL VACUOLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GRIP STRENGTH; HEPATOMYOENCEPHALOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INDIA; INTOXICATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PLANT SEED; RAT; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; CHILD; EMBRYOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SENNA;

CHILD; HUMANS; INDIA; POISONING; SEEDS; SENNA PLANT;

EID: 84896928067     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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