Fulminating powders, history

Fulminating Powders, History. It seems that the earliest discovery dates to the 15th century, when Fulminating Cold (qv) was prepd by Basil Valentin. Discoverers of other fulminating compds are listed under individual compds A resume of description given in the book of Greener (Ref) is given below ... 

A 47-year-old woman with a history of schizophrenia developed fatal fulminant hepatitis after having taken 400 mg of powdered reishi daily for 2 months. She was also taking lithium, perphenazine, and trihexyphenidyl longterm. The woman had previously consumed an extract made from boiled reishi slices (dose not specified) for several years with no adverse effects. The reporting physicians indicated that the reaction could have been idiosyncratic (Wanmuang et al. 2007). 

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