Poisoning due to tutin in honey - a report of an outbreak in New Zealand

Investigates potential cases of an outbreak of toxic honey poisoning that presented to a small rural Waikato hospital in 2008, and aims to determine which toxin was involved. Details the results of the investigation and the toxicity of the compounds identified, namely tutin and hyenanchin from the n...

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Veröffentlicht in:	New Zealand medical journal 2018-04, Vol.131 (1473), p.59-71
1. Verfasser:	Beasley, M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accidental poisoning Adolescent Adult Aged Beekeeping Bees Child Child, Preschool Consumption Coriaria Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data Female Flowers & plants Food safety Honey Humans Investigations Male Middle Aged Nervous system New Zealand - epidemiology Physiology Picrotoxin - analogs & derivatives Picrotoxin - poisoning Plant nectar Poisoning Poisoning - epidemiology Poisonous plants Poisons Retrospective Studies Seeds Sesquiterpenes - poisoning Toxicology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Investigates potential cases of an outbreak of toxic honey poisoning that presented to a small rural Waikato hospital in 2008, and aims to determine which toxin was involved. Details the results of the investigation and the toxicity of the compounds identified, namely tutin and hyenanchin from the native plant Tutu (Coriaria arborea), Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
ISSN:	0028-8446 1175-8716 1175-8716