Galvanism an Antidote in Poisoning by Gelseminum Sempervirens

N-acetylcysteine as an antidote in methylmercury poisoning.

Methylmercury is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant and potent neurotoxin. Treatment of methylmercury poisoning relies almost exclusively on the use of chelating agents to accelerate excretion of the metal. The present study demonstrates that oral administration of N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a widely available and largely nontoxic amino acid derivative, produces a profound acceleration of urinar...

British anti-lewisite as an antidote for acute mercury poisoning.

Need for antidote for aluminium phosphide poisoning.

Human toxicity of aluminium phosphide occurs due to the toxic effects of phosphine which is liberated in stomach on ingestion (1). The effect is worse in the presence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. It is widely absorbed from gastrointestinal tract and has cytotoxic action as it inhibits mitochondrial respiration. It affects almost all systems i.e. gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respira...

Evaluation of oxime k203 as antidote in tabun poisoning.

We studied bispyridinium oxime K203 [(E)-1-(4-carbamoylpyridinium)-4-(4-hydroxyiminomethylpyridinium)-but-2-ene dibromide] with tabun-inhibited human acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) in vitro, and its antidotal effect on tabun-poisoned mice and rats in vivo. We compared it with oximes K048 and TMB-4, which have proven the most efficient oxime antidotes in tabun poiso...

Can Galantamine Act as an Antidote for Organophosphate Poisoning? A Review

Organophosphate compounds are commonly used as insecticides in rural areas and powerful warfare agents by military personnel. These agents inhibit cholinesterases especially acetylcholinesterase and accumulate acetylcholine causing muscarinic, nicotinic and central nervous system manifestations. Currently, drugs such as atropine, oximes and benzodiazepine are used to treat these symptoms. But t...