Article
Toxicological study of the molluscicidal latex of Euphorbia splendens: irritant action on skin and eye
Registro en:
FREITAS, João Carlos Borges Rolim de et al. Toxicological study of the molluscicidal latex of Euphorbia splendens: irritant action on skin and eye. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 86, supl. 2, p. 87-88, 1991.
0074-0276
10.1590/S0074-02761991000600021
Autor
Freitas, João Carlos Borges Rolim de
Presgrave, Octavio Augusto França
Fingola, Fernando Faria
Menezes, Marco Antônio Carneiro
Vasconcellos, Mauricio Carvalho de
Schall, Virgínia Torres
Paumgartten, Francisco José Roma
Resumen
Aqueous solutions of the molluscicidal latex of Euphorbia splendens are irritant to the rabbit eye in concentrations higher than 0.35% and to the rabbit skin in concentrations higher than 0.5%. Although this irritant potential does not proclude its use as a molluscicide, special precautions are recommended for hanbdling and application of the product and the hazard of skin tumor-promoting potencial should be carefully investigated before its use for schistosomiasis vector control.