Vegetable irritants Flashcards
RICNUS COMMUNIS
Active principal
Ricin Is a toxalbumin Classified as a Super Toxin poison Hemolysis Antigenic = specific antibody prod
Symptoms and Signs of RICNUS COMMUNIS
On Skin inflammation , dermatitis. Conjunctivitis ,
Rhinitis , asthma and allergy
On Ingestion Burning in throat , pain in abdomen , vomiting(bloody) Hemolysis & renal failure Dehydration & cramps Coma & convulsions
Treatment of Ricinus COMMUNIS
Decontamination
Stomach wash warm water
Activated charcoal
Cathartics
Use of Demulcents and stimulants
Electrolyte = I/V glucose and salinePost Mortem Appearance of ricinus communis
Bowel is inflamed
Seeds in stomach
Renal congestion
Medicolegal Aspects ricinis communis
Accidental case
Homicidal poisoning
Croton Tiglium
Active principal
Croton (toxalbumin)
Symptoms and Signs of Croton Tiglium
Oil causes
Blistering externally
On Ingestion
Burning pain in the abdomen , vomiting ,purging
And freq burning pain at the anus
Treatment of Croton Tiglium
Decontamination
Stomach wash
Activated charcoal
ML Aspects of Croton Tiglium
used as a suicidal agent or as an abortifcant
Homicidal
Accidental when used as a purgative or swallowed by mistake
Arrow posions
ABRUS PRECATORIUS
Active principal
ABRIN (toxalbumin)
Action resmebles viper snake bite
Symptoms and Signs
Of ABRUS PRECATORIUS
Human posioning
Characterized by local painful swelling and echymosis , followed by necrosis
Patient suffers from vertigo ,cardiac arrythmia ,convulsions and death
Cattle posiong .
Uses for cattle poisoning cattle by means of sui
Cattle Posioning/Sui poisoning
ABRUS PRECATORIUS
SUI are fine needles prep by decorticating the seeds and powdering them.
Followed by mixing the powder + opium + onion + dhatura + spirit or water into paste
Paste shaped into small sharp needles
Stabbed into butt of cattle
Oedema , necrosis & haemorrhagic fluid , mimics viper bite
Animal = apathetic = comatoses and dies
Treatment ABRUS PRECATORIUS
Decontamination AntiAbrin ( Antiserum) prep by injecting ABRIN into rabbits
Supportive Measures
Sodium bicarbonate 10gm/day = maintain alkalinity of urine
Capsicum Annum Active principal
CAPASAICIN
acidic and volatile substance
Symptoms and Signs of Capsicum anum
And treatment
On Skin = irritation and vesication
Treatment = wash with water
On Eyes = burning and lacrimation
Wash in saline solution and antibiotic given
On Ingestion
Treatment = tongue scrapped and ice given to suck
