1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University El Manar, Research laboratory of Characterizations, Applications and
Modelling of Materials LR18ES08, Tunis, TUNISIA.
2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University El Manar, Selective Organic and Heterocyclic Synthesis Biological Activity
Evaluation Laboratory, Tunis, TUNISIA.
3Department of Pharmacy, National Council of the Order of Pharmacists of Tunisia 56 Rue Ibn Charaf, Tunis Belvedere, Tunis, TUNISIA.
4Department of Toxicology, Toxicology Laboratory CAMU, Research Laboratory Toxicology-Environment LR12SP07, TUNISIA.
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ABSTRACT
In the present work, a bibliographical survey of the toxicity of some plants of the southern Tunisia’s flora was conducted on several methanoic extracts from miscellaneous toxic plants of the southern Tunisian flora and chosen from among the most used plants in traditional medicine. In Tunisia, a host of extracts from about twenty plants have shown spasmolytic properties, while several extracts from some plants showed a high toxicity and 3 extracts from 2 plants proved curative properties. In this article, we present about ten poisonous plants, classified in alphabetical order of the vernacular name, for which severe poisoning, even fatal, have been reported. It mainly consists in plants with cardiac and/or neurological toxicity. Following a succinct description of the plant, we approach the clinical, therapeutic and analytical aspects.