Mild-to-severe poisoning due to Conium maculatum as toxic herb: A case series

Javad Boskabadi; Zahra Askari; Zakaria Zakariaei; Mahdi Fakhar; Rabeeh Tabaripour

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4509

Mild-to-severe poisoning due to Conium maculatum as toxic herb: A case series

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Jul 23;9(7):e04509. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4509. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

Javad Boskabadi¹, Zahra Askari², Zakaria Zakariaei^{3

4}, Mahdi Fakhar⁴, Rabeeh Tabaripour⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Clinical Pharmacy Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Sari Iran.
² Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Sari Iran.
³ Toxicology and Forensic Medicine Division Orthopedic Research Center Imam Khomeini Hospital Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Sari Iran.
⁴ Communicable Diseases Institute Toxoplasmosis Research Center Iranian National Registry Center for Lophomoniasis and Toxoplasmosis Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Sari Iran.

Abstract

Conium maculatum toxicity may occur by mistakenly or intentionally eating this plant. Due to muscarinic or nicotinic symptoms associated with this plant toxicity, supportive care and treatment with atropine are urgently important.

Keywords: Conium maculatum; bronchorrhoea; intoxication.

Publication types

Case Reports