TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Self-poisoning with Colchicum autumnale L. flowers
JO  - Journal of toxicology - clinical toxicology
A1  - Danel, V. C.
A1  - Wiart, J. F.
A1  - Hardy, G. A.
A1  - Vincent, F. H.
A1  - Houdret, N. M.
SP  - 409
EP  - 411
VL  - 39
IS  - 4
N2  - A 44-year-old man ingested about 40 flowers of Colchicum autumnale L. The patient presented with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain 2 hours after ingestion and had diarrhea 14 hours after ingestion. Hematological values remained within normal range. Treatment was mainly supportive. The outcome was favorable. The intoxication was confirmed by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Maximal colchicine levels were 4.34 ng/mL at 13 hours in plasma and 5.43 ng/mL at 16 hours in erythrocytes. CONCLUSION: We report one of the few symptomatic cases of Colchicum autumnale L. poisoning confirmed by toxicological analysis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0731-3810
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -