TY - JOUR
T1 - Colchicine poisoning
T2 - A case report and review of literature
AU - Babu, Y. P.Raghavendra
AU - Manjunath, S.
AU - Bakkannavar, Shankar M.
AU - Acharya, Jenash
AU - Kumar, G. N.Pramod
PY - 2012/10/1
Y1 - 2012/10/1
N2 - Colchicine, a natural pseudo-alkaloid found in plants such as the Colchicum autumnale and Gloriosa superba has tremendous medicinal properties, but if misused by an unqualified person can result in fatal consequences. We report a case of colchicine poisoning in an adult man as a result of consumption of the herb G. superba by a 50-year-old man and review the literature.
AB - Colchicine, a natural pseudo-alkaloid found in plants such as the Colchicum autumnale and Gloriosa superba has tremendous medicinal properties, but if misused by an unqualified person can result in fatal consequences. We report a case of colchicine poisoning in an adult man as a result of consumption of the herb G. superba by a 50-year-old man and review the literature.
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U2 - 10.1258/msl.2012.012025
DO - 10.1258/msl.2012.012025
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22941521
AN - SCOPUS:84869456932
SN - 0025-8024
VL - 52
SP - 205
EP - 206
JO - Medicine, Science and the Law
JF - Medicine, Science and the Law
IS - 4
ER -
