A fatal case of aconite poisoning: accidental intake of a monkshood extract
Monkshood is a wild growing plant which contains the very toxic alkaloid aconitine, and is often used in traditional Chinese medicine. In this case report, we describe a fatal accident after the unintentional consumption of an aconite extract.
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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27 February 2020
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Forensic toxicology
Year: 2020, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 511-516 |
| ISSN: | 1860-8973 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11419-020-00526-x |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-020-00526-x
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| Author Notes: | Vanessa Hofmann, Aysche Landmann, Georg Schmitt, Astrid Krauskopf, Marc Bartel |
| Summary: | Monkshood is a wild growing plant which contains the very toxic alkaloid aconitine, and is often used in traditional Chinese medicine. In this case report, we describe a fatal accident after the unintentional consumption of an aconite extract. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 09.09.2021 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1860-8973 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11419-020-00526-x |