title: Identification of atractyloside by LC-ESI-MS in alleged herbal poisonings.
abstract: An LC-MS screening method was developed to detect the presence of atractyloside (ATR), the toxic principle of a commonly used medicinal plant in South Africa, Callilepis laureola, in biological matrices such as body fluids and human viscera.
authors.affiliation: Biosciences, CSIR, Private Bag X 2, Modderfontein 1645, South Africa. psteenkamp@csir.co.za
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Steenkamp
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Harding
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: van Heerden
authors.forename: B-E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: van Wyk
mesh_terms: D001278:Atractyloside / Q000032:analysis* / Q000506:poisoning*; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000737:chemistry; D036084:Callilepis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000506:poisoning; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000506:poisoning; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D014781:Viscera / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D001278:Atractyloside