Gloriosa superba ingestion: Hair loss and acute renal failure

Gloriosa superba is a plant that grows wild in several parts of South India. Tubers of this plant contain several alkaloids. Acute intoxication following the ingestion of G. superba results in gastrointestinal and haematological abnormalities, hepatic and renal insufficiency, cardiotoxicity and hair...

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Autores principales: Khanam, P. S., Sangeetha, B., Kumar, B. V., Kiran, U., Priyadarshini, P. I., Ram, R., Sridhar, M. S., Kumar, V. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4446924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26060369
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.145423
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author Khanam, P. S.
Sangeetha, B.
Kumar, B. V.
Kiran, U.
Priyadarshini, P. I.
Ram, R.
Sridhar, M. S.
Kumar, V. S.
author_facet Khanam, P. S.
Sangeetha, B.
Kumar, B. V.
Kiran, U.
Priyadarshini, P. I.
Ram, R.
Sridhar, M. S.
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description Gloriosa superba is a plant that grows wild in several parts of South India. Tubers of this plant contain several alkaloids. Acute intoxication following the ingestion of G. superba results in gastrointestinal and haematological abnormalities, hepatic and renal insufficiency, cardiotoxicity and hair loss. We present a case with typical features of G superba toxicity.
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spelling pubmed-44469242015-06-09 Gloriosa superba ingestion: Hair loss and acute renal failure Khanam, P. S. Sangeetha, B. Kumar, B. V. Kiran, U. Priyadarshini, P. I. Ram, R. Sridhar, M. S. Kumar, V. S. Indian J Nephrol Case Report Gloriosa superba is a plant that grows wild in several parts of South India. Tubers of this plant contain several alkaloids. Acute intoxication following the ingestion of G. superba results in gastrointestinal and haematological abnormalities, hepatic and renal insufficiency, cardiotoxicity and hair loss. We present a case with typical features of G superba toxicity. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4446924/ /pubmed/26060369 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.145423 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nephrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ram, R.
Sridhar, M. S.
Kumar, V. S.
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