title: Fatal poisoning from ingestion of Datura stramonium seeds.
abstract: A 19-y old male who intentionally ingested an unknown quantity of Datura stramonium seeds to experience its hallucinogenic effects was found dead. Hyoscyamine and scopolamine were detected in postmortem blood and urine. Blood concentrations of hyoscyamine and scopolamine were 1.1 and 0.2 microg/mL, respectively; in urine only hyoscyamine at 14.2 microg/mL was found. This fatality presents the highest blood concentrations ever reported and confirms that death was due to Datura Stramonium seed ingestion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: Vassiliki A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Boumba
authors.forename: Antigony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mitselou
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vougiouklakis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D013286:Datura stramonium / Q000506:poisoning*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012639:Seeds / Q000506:poisoning; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders