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A 55-year-old woman was admitted because of sudden onset of chest tightness after ingesting a herbal medicine. She experienced refractory ventricular arrhythmia after admission. Electrocardiography showed ST-segment abnormalities that mimicked...
PURPOSE: This study examined the association between the prolongation of heart rate-corrected QT (QTc) and arrhythmia in patients with aconitine intoxication.
METHODS: A 13-year retrospective study of patients with aconitine poisoning...
PURPOSE: Preparations of Aconitum roots in Chinese and Korean medicine are carefully prescribe for analgesic, antirheumatic and neurologic indications. However, in Korean folk medicine, a crude medical herb prepared from...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The Oriental herbal materials known as aconitine have long been used in oriental traditional medicine for their analgesic and antiinflammatory effects. Aconitine and its related alkaloids are...
Both "caowu", the root of Aconitum kusnezoffii, "chuanwu", the main root of Aconitum carmichaeli are believed to possess anti-inflammatory, analgesics and cardiotonic effects. They have been used to treat conditions...
Aconitine, a principal constituent of aconite, may cause myelopathy on the visual pathway, spinal cord and peripheral nerve of the rabbits. A single dose of aconitine (O.6mg/kg), was administered intraperitoneally...
Effects of aconitine on the retina and optic nerve were studied in rabbits by means of visual evoked potential(VEP), electroretinogram(ERG), and electron microscopy. Aconitine(0.4mg/kg) was administered intra peritoneally. The effects...
Toxic effects of Aconiti tuber, an important ingredient of Chinese medicinal preparation, have been encountered clinically. The chief bioactive and toxic constituent is the alkaloid aconitine. In this study histopathologic...