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Toxicity of the genus Dieffenbachia

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 1969
Abstract A series of tests was undertaken to evaluate the toxicity of Dieffenbachia and also to elucidate the toxic constituent(s). The juice of two species of Dieffenbachia were used, D. picta and D. exotica . The reaction of the albino Wistar rat to the instillation of the juice from the plant into the oral cavity was very similar to the ...
F W, Fochtman, J E, Manno, C L, Winek, J A, Cooper   +3 more
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Dieffenbachia Poisoning: A Clarification

JAMA, 1964
To the Editor:— During the past few years, several communications with regard to the toxicity of Dieffenbachia plants have appeared inThe Journal 1-3 and in the popular press (Time Magazine). The communications by Drach and Maloney 2 and Dore 3 have implied that the toxicity of plants of this genus is caused by soluble or insoluble oxalates or by ...
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Poisoning by Dieffenbachia

JAMA, 1961
ABSTRACT To the Editor:— Dieffenbachia is a small genus of tropical plants belonging to the Araceae, a family which also includes such common ornamental plants as the jack-in-a-pulpit, Philodendron, Pothos, Anthurium, calla lily, and Monstera. Many of these plants are shade-loving and have thick, waxy, resistant leaves and are therefore popular as ...
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Propagation of Dieffenbachia

Economic Botany, 1969
Sphagnum moss was a better potting medium than sand-peat mixtures. Single-node cuttings from the uppermost part of the stem, just below the leaves, produced larger plants than did cuttings from basal nodes. The height of plants 117 days after planting was directly proportional to the diameters and lengths of cuttings.
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Gelatinization of Dieffenbachia Starch

Starch - Stärke, 1977
AbstractThe starch grain of Dieffenbachia seguine has the shape of an elongated, flat rod, one of whose ends is rounded and the other square. Its hilum lies near the rounded end of the grain. The molecules of the central core are parallel to the long axis of the grain while those of the peripheral layer tend to be nearly perpendicular (radial) to that ...
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[DIEFFENBACHIA POISONING].

Harefuah, 2019
A 70-year-old woman suffered severe irritation in her oral cavity after biting Dieffenbachia amoena petiole. She was treated a few hours after the exposure with systemic and local analgesics, as well as with systemic first generation antihistamine, and her symptoms improved rapidly.
Yishai, Mintzker, Yedidia, Bentur
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[Dieffenbachia poisoning in an infant].

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 2017
Plant poisoning is becoming an increasingly common reason to consult a doctor.A 7-month-old infant was sent to the emergency room by her general practitioner with a suspected apparent life-threatening event (ALTE). Her parents reported the sudden development of fluctuating restlessness and listlessness, superficial breathing, vomiting, drowsiness and ...
Roel J T, Mocking, Kiry M, Schene, Dianne A P G F, Maingay-Visser   +2 more
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Polygalacturonase inhibitor of Dieffenbachia maculata

1996
Abstract Stem juice of Dieffenbachia maculata contains an inhibitor of fungal polygalacturonase. The inhibitor is non dializable and heat stable. The double reciprocal plot indicates that the inhibitor causes a mixed type of inhibition. The paper also describes the distribution of the inhibitor in different varieties of Dieffenbachia , and some of
Archana Chitre, N.V. Shastri
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Poisoning With Dieffenbachia

Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 1955
B A, BARNES, L E, FOX
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Dieffenbachia Toxicity

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1967
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