@article{ref1,
title="Toxicities of raw Alocasia odora",
journal="Human and experimental toxicology",
year="2011",
author="Moon, Jeong Mi and Lee, Byeong Kook and Chun, Byeong Jo",
volume="30",
number="10",
pages="1720-1723",
abstract="Alocasia, the Araceae family, is a genus of more than 100 species of perennial, herbaceous, diminutive to extremely large, usually robust herbs with a clear-to-milky latex. They are distributed throughout subtropical and tropical Asia and in the tropical western pacific as well as eastern Australia. Despite easy access to A odora, there have been no published reports in English regarding the toxic symptoms following the ingestion of raw A odora. Here, the clinical manifestations of 2 patients that ingested raw A odora are described. Two patients experienced oral numbness and intractable tongue pain, and 1 patient required endotracheal intubation because of upper respiratory tract obstruction. Although conservative treatment is the primary approach to A odora poisoning, physicians should be aware of the potential for upper respiratory obstruction in patients exposed to A odora, as well as the need for controlling tongue pain.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0960-3271",
doi="10.1177/0960327110393760",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0960327110393760"
}