Fatal ingestion of Taxus baccata : English yew

Autor:	Barbara J. Hawkins, Sandrine A Mérette, Andrew Washbrook, Elizabeth W L Brooks-Lim, Carolyn Maxwell, Aaron M. Shapiro
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Forensic pathology Labored breathing biology Traditional medicine business.industry Forensic toxicology English yew Autopsy biology.organism_classification Sudden death Pathology and Forensic Medicine Taxus Genetics medicine medicine.symptom business Cause of death
Zdroj:	Journal of Forensic Sciences. 67:820-826
ISSN:	1556-4029 0022-1198
DOI:	10.1111/1556-4029.14941
Popis:	Poisoning from consumption of foraged alternative medicine products is an uncommon yet recognized occurrence. Here, presented is the case of a 40-year-old woman who was witnessed to collapse with labored breathing and subsequently died despite emergency medical personnel attendance and resuscitation efforts. Autopsy revealed the presence of plant matter that was visually identified as leaves from Taxus baccata - the English Yew. Isolation of alkaloids from the plant material and subsequent identification of the same alkaloids in the decedent's blood by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry indicated a toxicological cause of death. This case illustrates a collaborative team approach among subject matter experts to unexpectedly discover and then confirm the sudden death of this woman from T. baccata toxicity.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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