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The median toxic dose for humans ranges from 10 to 1000 micrograms per kilogram when ingested and is 3.3 micrograms per kilogram when inhaled. [2] Abrin is a ribosome inhibiting protein like ricin, a toxin which can be found in the seeds of the castor oil plant, [3] and pulchellin, a toxin which can be found in the seeds of Abrus pulchellus. [4]
Toxic to cardio and central nervous systems, gastrointestinal bleeding [3] Ephedra: ma huang: Ephedra sinica: Agitation and palpitations, [3] "hypertension, irregular heart rate, insomnia, nervousness, tremors and seizures, paranoid psychosis, heart attacks, strokes, and death", [1] [15] kidney stones [15] Flavonoids (contained in many ...
Of those admitted to a hospital because of a GI bleed, death occurs in about 7%. [16] Despite treatment, re-bleeding occurs in about 7–16% of those with upper GI bleeding. [3] In those with esophageal varices, bleeding occurs in about 5–15% a year and if they have bled once, there is a higher risk of further bleeding within six weeks. [13]
Noxious weeds can be deadly for humans, animals and other plants in your garden. Here’s how to identify a plants before you get hurt.
Ingestion of the bulbs has been implicated in accidental poisonings in Holland during food shortages in World War II, though large quantities are necessary to produce toxic reactions; [123] eating the plant may cause gastrointestinal problems in humans, and it is therefore considered mildly toxic both to humans and domestic mammals. [124]
Amoebic dysentery is particularly common in parts of the world where human feces are used as fertilizer. After entering the person's body through the mouth, the cyst travels down into the stomach. The amoebae inside the cyst are protected from the stomach's digestive acid.
Ergotism (pron. / ˈ ɜːr ɡ ə t ˌ ɪ z ə m / UR-gət-iz-əm) is the effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus—from the Latin clava "club" or clavus "nail" and -ceps for "head", i.e. the purple club-headed fungus—that infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ...
Beyond these symptoms, toxins severely affect the liver which results in gastrointestinal bleeding, a coma, kidney failure, or even death, usually within seven days of consumption. [ 37 ] Galerina marginata was shown in various studies to contain the amatoxins α-amanitin and γ-amanitin , first as G. venenata , [ 38 ] then as G. marginata and ...