Sawani¹, Sumanpreet Kaur², Deepak Yadav², Deepak Kumar², Rajasri Bhattacharyya² and Dibyajyoti Banerjee²*

¹VPOI Madina, Rohtak, Haryana 12400, India
²Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India

*Corresponding Author: Dibyajyoti Banerjee, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.

Received: January 10, 2025; Published: February 01, 2025

Abstract

Like Organophosphorus pesticide poisoning, aluminium phosphide (AlP) poisoning is a public health concern https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37805177/ [1]. It is commonly used for grain storage and is available to the public in the open market. Therefore, suicidal, homicidal, and accidental poisoning due to aluminium phosphide is often heard. The culprit of AlP is phosphine which is liberated from aluminium phosphide inside the human body. Phosphine is known to cause mitochondrial toxicity. It is generally lethal without any known antidote https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2021.05.026 [2] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24508992/ [3].

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Citation

Citation: Dibyajyoti Banerjee., et al. “Towards the Correct Path for the Development of an Antidote for Phosphine Poisoning”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 9.3 (2025): 01-02.

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