Plant Poisons: Aconite, Dhatura & Strychnine
HardForensic Medicine · Toxicology
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Vegetable (plant) poisons are a perennial favourite in Forensic Medicine because each has a signature toxidrome that lets you reverse-engineer the offending plant from the clinical picture. This note drills the four classics — aconite, dhatura, strychnine (nux vomica) and abrus — with their alkaloids, mechanisms, post-mortem findings, medico-legal angles and antidotes. In forensic toxicology, plant poisons are gro…
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