A case of food poisoning due to ingestion of eggplant, Solanum melongena, grafted on Devil's trumpet, Datura metel

A husband and wife successively visited an emergency room with symptoms of staggering, slurred speech, mydriasis, and drowsiness, three hours after separately eating spaghetti with meat sauce. The sauce contained eggplant that had been grafted onto a Devil's trumpet, Datura metel. Scopolamine a...

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Published inFood Hygiene and Safety Science (Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi) Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 376 - 379
Main Authors Oshiro, N.(Okinawa-ken. Inst. of Health and Environment, Nanjo (Japan)), Kuniyoshi, K, Nakamura, A, Araki, Y, Tamanaha, K, Inafuku, Y
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
English
Published Japan Japanese Society for Food Hygiene and Safety 01.10.2008
Subjects
Aged
ALCALOIDE
ALCALOIDES
ALKALOIDS
ATROPINA
ATROPINE
Atropine - analysis
Datura
Datura - toxicity
DATURA METEL
Devil's trumpet, Datura metel
eggplant
ENVENENAMIENTO
Female
Foodborne Diseases - etiology
graft
GRAFTING
GREFFAGE
Humans
hyoscyamine
INJERTO
INTOXICATION
Male
Middle Aged
POISONING
scopolamine
Scopolamine Hydrobromide - analysis
SOLANUM MELONGENA
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Summary:A husband and wife successively visited an emergency room with symptoms of staggering, slurred speech, mydriasis, and drowsiness, three hours after separately eating spaghetti with meat sauce. The sauce contained eggplant that had been grafted onto a Devil's trumpet, Datura metel. Scopolamine and atropine were detected in the leftover sauce and in the sera of the patients. This is the first case of food poisoning related to Datura in Okinawa, Japan and also might be the first report of food poisoning caused by intake of a vegetable grafted onto Datura in Japan.
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ISSN:0015-6426
1882-1006
DOI:10.3358/shokueishi.49.376