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Estramonio o chamico - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Trompeta de ángel; Hierba del diablo; Higuera loca (borrachero); Toloache; Maleza de Jamestown; Chamico; Datura; Campanilla tropical americana

Definición:

Es una hierba alta y la intoxicación ocurre cuando alguien chupa el néctar o se come las semillas de esta planta. La intoxicación también se puede presentar por tomar té hecho de las hojas.

Elemento tóxico:

  • Atropina
  • Hioscina (escopolamina)
  • Hiosciamina
  • Alcaloides tropanos

Nota: es posible que esta lista no incluya todos los ingredientes tóxicos.

Dónde se encuentra:

El tóxico se encuentra en todas las partes de la planta, especialmente en las hojas y semillas.

  • Fecha de revisión: 2/27/2008
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Stephen C. Acosta, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Chan K. Jimson weed poisoning -- a case report. Permanente Journal. 2002;6: 30-32.

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