Composition of jimson weed (Datura stramonium) seeds

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 998-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mendel Friedman ◽  
Carol E. Levin
Keyword(s):  
Datura Stramonium ◽  
Jimson Weed

Alternaria crassa. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
El Salvador ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Datura Stramonium ◽  
Jimson Weed ◽  
Thorn Apple

Abstract A description is provided for Alternaria crassa. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: On Datura stramonium (Jimson weed, thorn apple) and other species of Datura. DISEASE: Leaf spot of Datura. Irregular, straw-coloured, zonate spots occur first on the lower leaves, spreading upwards until later in the growing season the seed pods develop dark, sunken lesions. Heavily infected leaves are often shed. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Cuba, Cyprus, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, India, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Rhodesia, Rumania, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, U.S.A., U.S.S.R., Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zambia. TRANSMISSION: Not known.

Toxicological evaluation of jimson weed (Datura stramonium) seed

1989 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 501-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.M. Dugan ◽  
M.R. Gumbmann ◽  
Mendel Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Datura Stramonium ◽  
Toxicological Evaluation ◽  
Jimson Weed

Alkaloid extracts from Jimson weed ( Datura stramonium L.) modulate purinergic enzymes in rat brain

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 107-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adedayo O. Ademiluyi ◽  
Opeyemi B. Ogunsuyi ◽  
Ganiyu Oboh
Keyword(s):  
Rat Brain ◽  
Datura Stramonium ◽  
Jimson Weed ◽  
Alkaloid Extracts

scholarly journals Clinical and pathological studies on intoxication in horses from freshly cut Jimson weed (Datura stramonium)-contaminated maize intended for ensiling : clinical communication

2006 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Binev ◽  
I. Valchev ◽  
J. Nikolov
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Status ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Datura Stramonium ◽  
General Behaviour ◽  
Clinical Communication ◽  
Jimson Weed ◽  
Intestinal Gas ◽  
Acute Gastric Dilatation ◽  
Shallow Breathing ◽  
Cardiac Lesions

Spontaneous intoxication in 34 horses after ingesting freshly harvested maize that was to be used for ensiling and heavily contaminated with young Datura stramonium plants, is described. The clinical status of all horses was monitored for 7 days, and included body (rectal) temperature, respiratory and heart rates, colour and moistness of visible mucosae, changes in pupil size, appetite, thirst, general behaviour, locomotion, sensory perceptions, urination and defaecation. The intoxication was accompanied by altered clinical status, namely mild hyperthermia, tachycardia, polypnoea, dyspnoea and shallow breathing, mydriasis, dry oral, rectal, vaginal and nasal mucosae, acute gastric dilatation and severe intestinal gas accumulation, anorexia to complete refusal of feed, decreased or absent thirst, absence of defaecation and urination. As a result of the treatment, the clinical parameters normalised between days 2 and 5. Necropsies and pathological studies were performed on two horses that died, revealing toxic liver dystrophy, cardiac lesions and substantial dystrophic and necrotic processes in the kidneys. The observed clinical signs, the pathomorphological changes and the applied therapy could be used in the diagnosis, differential diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of Jimson weed intoxication.

THE GLOBE MUTANT IN THE JIMSON WEED (DATURA STRAMONIUM)

Genetics ◽  
1921 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-264
Author(s):  
Albert F Blakeslee
Keyword(s):  
Datura Stramonium ◽  
Jimson Weed

scholarly journals Teenagers with Jimson weed (Datura stramonium) poisoning

CJEM ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (06) ◽  
pp. 467-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean P. Spina ◽  
Anthony Taddei
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Datura Stramonium ◽  
The United States ◽  
Visual Hallucinations ◽  
Younger Patients ◽  
Jimson Weed ◽  
Adequate Sedation ◽  
Gastrointestinal Decontamination

ABSTRACT We report 2 cases of teenagers who were poisoned with Jimson weed (Datura stramonium) and presented to the emergency department with a severe acute anticholinergic toxidrome after ingestion of several hundred seeds. The patients presented with visual hallucinations, disorientation, incomprehensible and nonsensical speech, and dilated sluggish pupils. Both patients required restraints for combativeness until adequate sedation with lorazepam and haloperidol was achieved. Jimson weed is found in southern Canada and the United States and can cause acute anticholinergic poisoning and death in humans and animals. The treatment of choice for anticholinergic poisoning is mainly supportive care and gastrointestinal decontamination with activated charcoal. Jimson weed intoxication should be considered in cases of patients presenting with unexplained peripheral and central anticholinergic symptoms including delirium, agitation and seizures, especially among younger patients and partygoers. It is important that health care professionals recognize that Jimson weed is a toxic, indigenous, “wild” growing plant, subject to misuse and potentially serious intoxication requiring hospitalization.

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