Yellow Oleander

[Doomed Messiah]

My aunt bought a small plastic bag with six small pumpkin seed looking things with a tag "Almendra Quema Grasa" Yellow Oleander. It says its for lowering cholesterol,reduces appetite,controls diabetes,fat burner etc. Has anyone heard of this? This is all Ive been able to find

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070926171317AAXKu19

 

[Conagher]

Did a search on google

People evidently use this plant to commit suicide as it has some poisonous substances.

 

[HOTROCKS]

Your granny doesn't love you !

Management of acute yellow oleander poisoning
Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford
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FORENSIC ARTICLES IN SCIENCE REPORTER
http://members.tripod.com/~Prof_Anil_Aggrawal/poiso031.html

Oleander (Nerium oleander, Thevetia peruviana)
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Does she happen to owe you money ?
Have you been bad to her ?

I'd watch my back !
Your aunt told her you were a bad boy !

 

[King-kong]

Makes me think of Jack and the Beanstalk. Whoever is marketing those seeds made sure they covered all audiences.

 

[Doomed Messiah]

Yeah dude people buy them south of the border for $5 and sell them here for $20-30! I found this http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10638101
Makes DNP sound like candy.