Question
The image shown is of a nut which is used to produce artificial bruise.Which among the following is an ingredient of this nut ?
A. Semecarpol.
B. Croton.
C. Abrin.
D. Ricin.
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Ans:A. Semecarpol.
The nut shown in the picture above represents marking nut ( semicarpus anacardium ).
MARKING NUT
- Latin name: Semecarpus anacardium
- English name: Marking nut
Uses:
- Laundry marker,Quack remedy for assorted ailments,Ink Preparation
- The nut is black, roughly cone shaped, and has a thick pericarp.
- The contained juice is brown, oily, and acrid.
- Its active principles are Semecarpol and bhilawanol.
Medicolegal aspects:
- The juice is used as an abortifacient by application to the os uteri by means of an abortion stick. It is applied to the genitals as a punishment for adultery.
- It is used by malingerers to produce an artificial bruise to support a false charge; its presence, however, can be detected by chemical analysis of the blister fluid.
- The juice may be instilled into the eyes to produce an irritant conjunctivitis.
- This is resorted to by personnel in army, navy or air force when they wish to leave the job or by inmates of jail to avoid work.
- Accidental poisoning may occur from internal administration by quacks.
CONTUSION (BRUISE)
Effusion of blood into tissues due to rupture of blood vessels caused by blunt trauma.
| Artificial bruise | True bruise |
| Caused by Juice of marking nut, calotropis,Plumbago rosea | Trauma |
| Dark brown color | Color changes |
| Well defined margins | Merge with surrounding areas |
| Vesicles present | Absent |
| Redness seen in the surrounding skin | Redness in the site of injury |
| Itching present | Absent |
