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C Hamouda1, A Hédhili, N Ben Salah
1Unite de Recherche, Toxicologie et Environnement code 99/UR/07-04, Centre d'Assistance Médicale Urgente et Antipoison de Tunis, 2 Rue Raspail, 1008 Tunis, Tunisia.
Abstract:
Atractylis gummifera is a poisonous plant widely found in North Africa. The thistle grows commonly in dry areas, and the juice of the rhizome is poisonous. It provokes frequent poisoning, especially of children. Toxic glucosides have been isolated and their identified as atractyloside and carboxyatractyloside. Tissues of high metabolic activity are the main target organs. Atractylis gummifera glucosides cause a severe hepatitis with fatal liver failure common. The plant's poisonous compounds interact with detoxication and/or transformation systems in the liver even at doses not likely to induce cytolysis by blocking ADP-ATP conversion through inhibition of P450 cytochrome. Clinical manifestations are related to an induced hypoglycemia and neurovegetative disorders or subsequent renal failure. Liver transplantation or immunotherapy may improve the often fatal prognosis.
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