https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5 Nick Wieland Lab partner: Jack Adair en-us 2018-03-23 15:41:40 UTC 2025-11-30 14:36:40 UTC hello@padlet.com wielandn18 https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246034978 2018-03-26 12:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246034978 wielandn18 https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246038837 Tobacco poisoing is caused by contact or consumption of wet tobacco leaves. Symptoms of this poisoning include nausea, vomiting headache, dizziness, and hallucinations. The toxin in the tobbacco that causes this is called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, also known as nicotine.]]> 2018-03-26 12:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246038837 wielandn18 https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246040830 Botulism is caused by an anaerobic bacteria that contains severe toxins. This bacteria can often be found in improperly canned foods. Symptoms from this bacterium include double vision, nausea, vomiting, slurred speech, drymouth, and weakness.]]> 2018-03-26 12:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246040830 wielandn18 https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246438063 After testing the urine samples from the patients, we were able to determine that they were not experiencing symptoms from that of tobbacco poisoing. The patients did not have continue continue in their urine which lead us to this conclusion. After the urine sample we tested the patients’ blood for a neurotoxin that would show if they had botulism. After the test, it was determined that their was not presence of the neurotoxin, so the patients did not have botulism.]]> 2018-03-27 11:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246438063 wielandn18 https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246440686 Datura stramonium, also know as Jimson weed, is a plant that has very poisonous leaves and seeds. The symptoms of this poisoning include dry skin, fever, altered mental status, flushing, and hallucinations. All of these symptoms are consistent with what the Mason’s and the Smart’s were experiencing.]]> 2018-03-27 11:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246440686 wielandn18 https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246441670 After looking back at what the families had eaten that day for lunch, there were several thing that could be contaminated by Jimson weed. The most likely, however, was the home grown tomatoes. After doing a chromatography test on the Mason’s tomatoes, they was determined to be positive for Jimson weed poisoning based on the presence of the yellow strip of color on the chromatography paper.]]> 2018-03-27 12:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246441670 wielandn18 https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246444383 The Mason’s and the Smart’s were try a new way to grow tomatoes that they had learned from the neighboring farm. The neighbor had wanted a hearty, frost-resistant tomato that would ripen later into the fall, so he used the Jimson weed to graft into the tomatoes plant. The difference between the two farms’ tomatoes was that the neighbors had used a very small Jimson weed to graft into, whereas the Masons and the Smarts used a full grown Jimson weed plant that yield too much toxicity when picked. Because of this, the families were poisoned from their own tomatoes. The Mason’s tomatoes yeilded about twice as much alkaloid per hundred grams as the neighbors’ had. The treatment for the two families would consist of breathing support, IV fluids, laxatives, and other medicines to treat their symptoms.]]> 2018-03-27 12:10:41 UTC https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246444383 wielandn18 https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246444385 The Mason’s and the Smart’s were try a new way to grow tomatoes that they had learned from the neighboring farm. The neighbor had wanted a hearty, frost-resistant tomato that would ripen later into the fall, so he used the Jimson weed to graft into the tomatoes plant. The difference between the two farms’ tomatoes was that the neighbors had used a very small Jimson weed to graft into, whereas the Masons and the Smarts used a full grown Jimson weed plant that yield too much toxicity when picked. Because of this, the families were poisoned from their own tomatoes. The Mason’s tomatoes yeilded about twice as much alkaloid per hundred grams as the neighbors’ had. The treatment for the two families would consist of breathing support, IV fluids, laxatives, and other medicines to treat their symptoms.]]> 2018-03-27 12:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/wielandn18/f3ygo7wbbpm5/wish/246444385