To the Editor—We read with interest the articles by Ching et al1 and Ma.2 We agree with Ching et al’s recommendation that health care providers should be vigilant to the problem of hypoglycaemia due to inadvertent use of oral hypoglycaemic agents (OHA), and are encouraged to see the increased availability of urine toxicology services for detection of OHA in Hong Kong after the cluster of iatrog...

In the editorial by Dr. Reza Afshari “What is the best research for low income countries” (1), some important issues have been raised, highly relevant to developing countries. In most developing countries including India, emergency medicine is not well established and clinical toxicology is even further a low priority in view of both research and clinical management. The number of poison contro...

Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma longifolia) is an indigenous traditional herb in Southern Asia. Its powdered root has been processed to produce health supplements, but no detailed toxicology report is available. In this study, neither mutagenicity nor clastogenicity was noted, and acute oral LD50 was more than 6 g/kg b.w. After 4-week subacute and 13-week subchronic exposure paradigms (0, 0.6, 1.2, and 2...

Last editorial of the Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology addressed the important role of poison control centers in the improvement of public health (1). In Vietnam, poison control center (PCC) of Bach Mai Hospital has been the only national one for civilians. The establishment and activities of this center can be considered as one of the pioneers in the East Asia. History and setting (2...

Acute poisoning is a sudden and potentially life threatening damage of human health, characterised by quick dynamics and high lethality. The death rate and the lethality from acute poisonings vary between countries and depend on the complex action of various medico-social factors. We have studied the hospital lethality from acute exogenous intoxications in the Toxicology Clinic of Emergency Med...

Background: The current study was conducted at the Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology to assess impact Emblica officinalis on oxidative stress produced by sub-acute enrofloxacin exposure in albino rats. Methods: Albino rats weighing 200-300 gram were given orally through gavage needle blood samples taken via capillary tube 28th day experiment analysed using laboratory procedur...

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and TherapeuticsVolume 46, Issue S1 p. 30-30 ORAL PRESENTATIONS O5 | Concentrations, pharmacokinetics selected pharmacodynamics morphine its active metabolites following oral administration to horses First published: 11 June 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/jvp.13171Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd favoritesTrack citation ShareS...

Hydrogenated curcuminoids are the major metabolites of the curcumin and 'CuroWhite' is a unique blend of hydrogenated curcuminoids encapsulated with β-cyclodextrin. There is no particular scientific evidence for the toxicology regarding the hydrogenated curcuminoids, so the present work reports the results of the studies investigating the acute (single dose) and subchronic (repeatedly 90 days) ...

Ficus thonningii is an African ethnomedicine plant used to treat a number of diseases. The nutritional, phytochemical, and pharmacological aspects F. in relation its therapeutic purposes are numerous. contains alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids, tannins, active proteins, proteins. Continue identify, isolate, quantify the ingredients, as well their medicinal purposes. Chronic toxicity, toxicology...