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NEUROTOXICITY FOLLOWING THE INGESTION OF A CHINESE MEDICINAL PLANT, ALOCASIA-MACRORRHIZA

Authors CHAN, TYK; CHAN, LY; TAM, LS; CRITCHLEY, JAJH

Journal HUMAN & EXPERIMENTAL TOXICOLOGY , SEP 1995,9:14

DOI 10.1177/096032719501400905 PubMed 8579883

Abstract 1 A case of poisoning due to the raw root tuber of a Chinese medicinal plant, Alocasia macrorrhiza is presented.2 The patient developed neurological (severe pain and numbness in the perioral area and throat) and gastrointestinal (nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain) symptoms immediately after eating the root tuber.3 A. macrorrhiza has properties and morphology very similar to another medical plant, A. odora. The root tuber of the latter is known to contain a neurotoxin, sapotoxin.

Species covered 海芋 Alocasia macrorrhiza