title: [Poisoning by bird-line thistle (Astractylis gummifera L.) (author's transl)].
abstract: The thistle grows in the dry areas of North-Africa and is rather common. The juice of the root is poisonous. Two toxic components have been isolated and their formulas specified. They induce liver necrosis, and block the ADP-ATP conversion. Prognosis is most often fatal, except in mild forms when symptomatic treatment is very early.
mesh_terms: D000352:Africa, Northern; D001278:Atractyloside / Q000506:poisoning*; D006027:Glycosides / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D006027:Glycosides; D001278:Atractyloside
vernacular_title: L'intoxication par le charcon à glu (Atractylis gummifera l.).