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Identification of Oenanthotoxin and Related Compounds in Hemlock Water Dropwort Poisoning

Home Office Forensic Science Laboratory (HOFSL), 'Sandbeck Way, Audby Lane, Wetherby LS22 4DN

M.J. Lewis

Washington Hall, Euxton, Chorley PR7 6HJ

D. Parry

Gooch Street North, Birmingham B5 600, UK

P.J. Twitchett

Gooch Street North, Birmingham B5 600, UK

E.A. Kilner

Home Office Forensic Science Laboratory (HOFSL), 'Sandbeck Way, Audby Lane, Wetherby LS22 4DN

1 The case histories are presented of three separate incidents of poisoning by ingestion of Hemlock Water Dropwort tubers (Oenanthe crocata). Two of these cases involved a fatality.

2 An analytical profile is provided for oenanthotoxin, the major toxic principal of the tubers. Chromatographic, spectroscopic and mass spectral data for related compounds are also given.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 4, No. 4, 355-364 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/096032718500400401


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