Accidental Acute Fatal Poisoning with Melia Azedarach: A Rare Case Report

Abstract

Fatal poisoning using Melia azedarach leaf extract is rarely reported. In this case, a 25 years old married woman accidentally ingested Melia azedarach leaf extract instead of Melia dubia leaf extract as a remedy for her infertility and polycystic ovary syndrome. But she becomes unconscious, followed by death immediately. After autopsy, the visceral samples of the deceased was received and examined in our Forensic Science Laboratory, phytochemical constituents of Melia azedarach leaf was detected. This is the very rare case report of Melia azedarach accidental acute fatal poisoning.