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Objective: To elucidate the actual circumstances of damage caused by Japanese Alocasia (A) odora.Materials and Methods: We investigated cases in Japan from our own hospital in the eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture as well as published reports.Results:A. dorais found in western Japan, and plants of the Alocasia genus are cultivated often. A. odora is frequently associated with food poisoning because its aboveground parts resemble those of Satoimo (Colocasia esculenta). Moreover, A. odora contains insoluble calcium oxalate crystals, which cause poisoning symptoms, such as oral pain, nausea, vomiting, and laryngeal edema, resulting in near asphyxia, diarrhea following shock, and skin dermatitis. Calcium oxalate crystals are abundant in Araceae family plants, and cases of health damage owing to the accidental ingestion of Araceae plants have been reported worldwide.Conclusion: Due to the strong irritation felt in the mouth upon contact with the plant, it is advisable to immediately spit out the plant and rinse the mouth. In addition to drug administration, ensuring a secure airway may be necessary if there is a risk of asphyxiation.
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Meristems of the rhizome of Alocasia odora C.Koch were induced to develop into plantlets in a medium containing MS - minerals and 3mg/l BAP. Plantlets produced multiple shoots in the basas medium supplemented 3mg/1 BAP and 0.2 mg/l IBA with out Agar. For shoot froliferation from shoot - tip the light regimen as adopted 10/24 (light/dark). Rooted plantled were acclimatized and grown in the green house
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Plantes médicinales , Médecine traditionnelleRÉSUMÉ
The yam of “Cay Ray” (Vietnamese) - Alocasia odora Roxb., family of Araceae, after 2 years of cultivation is harvested, moving the outer cover, cutting in thin slice, drying at 400C. Chemical and physico-chemical analysis showed some protid, glucid and lipid components derivatives including alcaloids (in the form of base and salt), phytosterol, free organic acides, reduced sugar, steroid, saponine