INDIAN HERBAL REMEDIES FOR DIABETES AS A CAUSE OF LEAD-POISONING

Authors
KEEN RW DEACON AC DELVES HT MORETON JA FROST PG
Citation
Rw. Keen et al., INDIAN HERBAL REMEDIES FOR DIABETES AS A CAUSE OF LEAD-POISONING, Postgraduate medical journal, 70(820), 1994, pp. 113-114
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
70
Issue
820
Year of publication
1994
Pages
113 - 114
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1994)70:820<113:IHRFDA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Herbal remedies from the Indian subcontinent have been found to have h igh concentrations of heavy metals and unsupervised treatment may resu lt in toxicity. We report the case of an Indian patient with hepatitis who was found to have lead poisoning where the source was traced to e thnic remedies he had been taking for diabetes.