MCQ – 74866

Choose the incorrect statement regarding the given image?

Correct Answer � D Explanation

Ans: D. First symptom is the sweet taste

• Given flower belongs to the plant Aconite which is a cardiac poison.
• Aconite roots are usually mistaken for horseradish root. 
• The entire plant is poisonous, however, the root is most potent 
• Active principles: Aconitine, pseudo-aconitine, indaconitine, picraconitine, and aconine.
• No odor, sweet taste (mitha bish)

The initial signs are 

• Tingling followed by numbness of mouth and throat is characteristics symptoms of aconite poisoning.
• Gastrointestinal, including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
• This is followed by a sensation of burning, tingling, and numbness in the mouth and face, and of burning in the abdomen.
• In severe poisonings, pronounced motor weakness occurs and cutaneous sensations of tingling and numbness spread to the limbs.
• Aconitine binds with the voltage-dependent sodium-ion channels.
• Aconitine first stimulates and then paralyzes the peripheral terminations of sensory, secretory and motor nerves.