Acute Datura Stramonium poisoning in East of Iran - a case series

Objectives: Datura Stramonium (DS) is a common weed along roadsides, in cornfields and pastures and in waste areas. It belongs to the family Solanaceae and its toxic components are tropane belladonna alkaloids. It has been used voluntarily by teenagers for its hallucinogenic effect. The plant is nam...

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Main Authors: Mahnaz Amini, Hamid Khosrojerdi, Reza Afshari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2012-03-01
Series:Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine
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Online Access:http://ajp.mums.ac.ir/pdf_37_504f439babb04b493eb08016dde35893.html