Literature DB >> 12939683

Colocynth toxicity. A possible cause of bloody diarrhea.

Sarosh A Khan1, Hamdi H Shelleh, Abdul R Bhat, Khalid S Bhat.   

Abstract

Five cases of toxicity due to consumption of an uncommon wild fruit called Colocynth are described. These cases were seen over a period of 2 years. Severe bouts of bloody diarrhea were encountered in these patients. The plant, its ingredients, the medicinal and other uses, features of toxicity and the management is discussed. Doctors are advised to be aware of this uncommon clinical problem.

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Year:  2003        PMID： 12939683

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Saudi Med J        ISSN： 0379-5284            Impact factor:   1.484


  5 in total

1.  Gastrointestinal toxicity due to bitter bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)--a report of 15 cases.

Authors:  Rajesh Puri; Randhir Sud; Abdul Khaliq; Mandhir Kumar; Sanjay Jain
Journal:  Indian J Gastroenterol       Date:  2011-10-11

2.  Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) juice poisoning.

Authors:  Ankur Verma; Sanjay Jaiswal
Journal:  World J Emerg Med       Date:  2015

3.  Citrullus colocynthis as the Cause of Acute Rectorrhagia.

Authors:  Hamid Reza Javadzadeh; Amir Davoudi; Farnoush Davoudi; Ghasem Valizadegan; Hasan Goodarzi; Sadrollah Mahmoodi; Mohammad Reza Ghane; Mehrdad Faraji
Journal:  Case Rep Emerg Med       Date:  2013-05-30

4.  Evaluation of antioxidant and xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity of different solvent extracts of leaves of Citrullus colocynthis.

Authors:  Fazilatun Nessa; Saeed A Khan
Journal:  Pharmacognosy Res       Date:  2014-07

5.  Isolation of anticancer constituents from Cucumis prophetarum var. prophetarum through bioassay-guided fractionation.

Authors:  Abdulrhman Alsayari; Lucas Kopel; Mahmoud Salama Ahmed; Hesham S M Soliman; Sivakumar Annadurai; Fathi T Halaweish
Journal:  BMC Complement Altern Med       Date:  2018-10-09       Impact factor: 3.659
  5 in total

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