Plants

• Autores: Sally Bradberry, Allister Vale
• Localización: Medicine, ISSN-e 1357-3039, Vol. 44, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 113-115
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Life-threatening poisoning from plant ingestions is rare, although many plants contain potentially toxic substances. These include antimuscarinic agents, calcium oxalate crystals, cardioactive glycosides, pro-convulsants, cyanogenic compounds, mitotic inhibitors, nicotine-like alkaloids, alkylating agent precursors, sodium channel activators and toxic proteins (toxalbumins). Management is generally supportive, although some specific therapies exist, such as digoxin-specific antibody fragments in the treatment of digitalis and oleander poisoning.