When pregnant animals graze certain
poisonous plants, the consequences can be especially gruesome - an offspring with twisted, deformed legs caused by toxins in lupine, or the bizarre, one-eyed lamb that can result when ewes eat false hellebore, a plant in the lily family.
Children are the most at risk from
poisonous plants, since they may be attracted by their berries or seeds and eat them.
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There were about 62
poisonous plant species belonging to 60genera and 36families reported from the area, being utilized for various advantageous and disadvantageous purposes by ethnic groups and rural people.
Most common reason for presentation to emergency department was fear of consuming the
poisonous plant. Most common presenting symptom was vomiting (67.74%) followed by abdominal discomfort (61.29%), convulsions (6.45), fever (9.6), altered mental status (9.6), and rash and itching (9.6%).
Meanwhile, another girl died and one is still in critical situation due to eating
poisonous plant here on Thursday.
A MAN with depression died after downing a drink he made from a
poisonous plant, an inquest heard.
Further, rapeseed is highly toxic; the oil is extracted with hexane, and even if one finds an "organic" canola, it's still extracted from a highly
poisonous plant.
As death was suspected to be caused by a
poisonous plant, samples of rumen contents from different strata, as well as a contaminating whole plant collected from one alfalfa bale, were taken for further analysis and kept in labeled polyethylene bags.
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Researchers revealed that digoxin, the active ingredient in the
poisonous plant Foxglove, can enhance the body's own protective mechanism against high blood pressure and heart failure.