Citation

Castorena JL, Garriott JC, Barnhardt FE, Shaw RF. J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 1987; 25(5): 429-435.

Affiliation

Office of the Bexar County Medical Examiner, San Antonio, Texas 78207.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Marcel Dekker)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3430659

Abstract

A young adult male was found dead in a field. No cause of death was apparent at autopsy, and the only positive toxicological finding was the presence of a nicotine-like alkaloid isolated from the liver. Anabasine, the major, highly toxic alkaloid of the shrub, Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco) was subsequently identified in all body specimens examined using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Concentrations of anabasine in blood, urine and other body organs are reported.

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