Datura stramonium: a fatal poisoning
Urich, R.W.; Bowerman, D.L.; Levisky, J.A.; Pflug, J.L.
Journal of Forensic Sciences 27(4): 948-954
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1198 PMID: 7175476 Document Number: 194952
A case report of death caused by ingestion of Datura stramonium, also referred to as jimsonweed, thorn apple, or Jamestown weed, is presented. Mass spectral data on urine extracts of a 20-year-old male showed the molecular ions and principal fragment ions of scopolamine and atropine, present in Datura stramonium.
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