A field Exploration and Inventory of the Most Toxic Plants of Southern Flora Tunisian
Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
Ouederni Ahmed Ridha El1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University El Manar, Research laboratory of Characterizations, Applications and Modelling of Materials LR18ES08, Tunis, TUNISIA.
Rania Omrani2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University El Manar, Selective Organic and Heterocyclic Synthesis Biological Activity Evaluation Laboratory, Tunis, TUNISIA.
Nour El Ouederni3Department of Pharmacy, National Council of the Order of Pharmacists of Tunisia 56 Rue Ibn Charaf, Tunis Belvedere, Tunis, TUNISIA.
Yasmine El Ouederni3Department of Pharmacy, National Council of the Order of Pharmacists of Tunisia 56 Rue Ibn Charaf, Tunis Belvedere, Tunis, TUNISIA.
Aida Katar3Department of Pharmacy, National Council of the Order of Pharmacists of Tunisia 56 Rue Ibn Charaf, Tunis Belvedere, Tunis, TUNISIA.
Noureddine Amdouni
Abderrazak Hedhili4Department of Toxicology, Toxicology Laboratory CAMU, Research Laboratory Toxicology-Environment LR12SP07, TUNISIA.
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.
