Intoxication by angel’s trumpet: case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Brugmansia, commonly referred to as angel’s trumpet (AT), has been become popular in Korea as an ornamental shrub. However, it is not generally known by the public that this plant contains tropane alkaloids, and that ingestion of AT can lead to anticholinergic poisoning. CASE PRESENTATIO...

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Autores principales: Kim, Yoon, Kim, Jinkwon, Kim, Ok Joon, Kim, Won Chan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4148940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25138632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-553
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Kim, Won Chan
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description BACKGROUND: Brugmansia, commonly referred to as angel’s trumpet (AT), has been become popular in Korea as an ornamental shrub. However, it is not generally known by the public that this plant contains tropane alkaloids, and that ingestion of AT can lead to anticholinergic poisoning. CASE PRESENTATION: A 64-year-old Korean female presented with acute mental changes caused by inadvertent ingestion of the petals of AT flowers used as a garnish in a traditional Korean food (bibimbop). She regained her usual level of awareness after 10 hours. CONCLUSION: Considering its easy availability, the toxicity of AT should be addressed to prevent accidental and intentional poisoning by this ornamental plant.
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spelling pubmed-41489402014-08-30 Intoxication by angel’s trumpet: case report and literature review Kim, Yoon Kim, Jinkwon Kim, Ok Joon Kim, Won Chan BMC Res Notes Case Report BACKGROUND: Brugmansia, commonly referred to as angel’s trumpet (AT), has been become popular in Korea as an ornamental shrub. However, it is not generally known by the public that this plant contains tropane alkaloids, and that ingestion of AT can lead to anticholinergic poisoning. CASE PRESENTATION: A 64-year-old Korean female presented with acute mental changes caused by inadvertent ingestion of the petals of AT flowers used as a garnish in a traditional Korean food (bibimbop). She regained her usual level of awareness after 10 hours. CONCLUSION: Considering its easy availability, the toxicity of AT should be addressed to prevent accidental and intentional poisoning by this ornamental plant. BioMed Central 2014-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4148940/ /pubmed/25138632 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-553 Text en © Kim et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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title_short Intoxication by angel’s trumpet: case report and literature review
title_sort intoxication by angel’s trumpet: case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4148940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25138632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-553
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