title: [A case of Veratrum poisoning].
abstract: A poisoning from a Veratrum album infusion mistaken for Gentiana lutea is described. Confusion between these two plants can easily occur because they are very similar, although flowers and disposition of leaves allow their botanic determinat: V. album leaves are alternate and flowers are white, while G. lutea leaves are opposite and flowers yellow. The poisoning involves gastrointestinal (pyrosis, vomiting) and cardiocirculatory systems (bradyarrhy-thmias, A-V dissociation, vasodilatation) Atropine is the drug of choice.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale Ospedale Martini, Università degli Studi, Torino.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Festa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Andreetto
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ballaris
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panio
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piervittori
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014704:Veratrum Alkaloids / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D014704:Veratrum Alkaloids
vernacular_title: Un caso di avvelenamento da Veratro.