An 82-year-old male presented with rash, burning, and itching on his knees that had started 4 days after the local application of Mandragora Radix sap for 3 consecutive days. A dermatological examination revealed erythematous, edematous, and scaly plaque lesions on the patient's knees. An open application test with M. Radix was performed, and the patient was diagnosed with allergic contact derm...

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Extracts of Mandragora autumnalis (mandrake) fruit have been analyzed by GC–MS. One-hundred and thirty-five compounds were identified in extracts obtained from the fruit after removal of the seeds – twentythree n-alkanes, one branched-chain alkane, two cyclohexanes, eight alkenes, two branched-chain alkenes, three alcohols, three aldehydes, six ketones, eight heterocyclic compounds, four thio c...

INTRODUCTION People in Greece, especially those living in rural areas, frequently consume various plants and herbs as a vegetable meal or as a herbal remedy, which can lead to a number of adverse reactions. These two case reports resulted in a prolonged hospitalisation due to severe and persistent supraventricular tachycardia caused by a vegetable meal. CASES PRESENTATION These case reports d...

The presence of different glutamine synthetase isoenzymes in different Solanaceae plants and their relative antigenicities against antiglutamine synthetase from tomato leaf serum were studied. All the plants tested showed one glutamine synthetase isoenzyme except for Mandragora autumnalis, which showed two, after discontinuous polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and specific in situ assay. Antig...