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Kaffeegenuss mit anticholinergen Nebenwirkungen

Coffee enjoyment with anticholinergic side effects

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An einem Novembermorgen traten bei einem Arzt und seiner Lebensgefährtin kurze Zeit nach dem Genuss ihres Frühstückskaffees anticholinerge Symptome in unterschiedlicher Intensität auf. Der Kaffee war in dem Kaffeevollautomaten des Geschädigten zubereitet worden. Toxikologische Untersuchungen konnten sowohl im Asservat des Wassertanks als auch im Urin der Geschädigten Atropin und Scopolamin nachweisen. Es kam der Verdacht auf, dass die ehemalige Lebensgefährtin des Geschädigten diesen mit Extrakten der Engelstrompete habe vergiften wollen. Im Rahmen des Ermittlungsverfahrens wurden Versuche durchgeführt, inwieweit Atropin und Scopolamin aus Engelstrompetenblüten extrahiert werden können und in welchem Umfang diese Substanzen nach dem Brühvorgang im Vollautomaten auch im Kaffee vorhanden sind. Die Versuche zeigten, dass der Brühvorgang zu einem Abfall der Konzentrationen, jedoch nicht zum vollständigen Verlust der Giftsubstanzen führt.

Abstract

One morning in November a physician and his partner showed anticholinergic symptoms of varying intensity shortly after enjoying a cup of coffee at breakfast time. The coffee had been prepared in the fully automatic coffee machine of the physician. In the toxicological investigations atropine and scopolamine could be detected in the sample of water from the reservoir tank and in the urine of the victims. It was suspected that the ex-partner of the male victim had wanted to poison them with extracts of Angel’s Trumpet. Within the framework of the police investigations experiments were carried out to examine how much atropine and scopolamine could be extracted from the flowers of Angel’s Trumpet and the concentration of these substances in coffee after the brewing procedure of the fully automatic coffee machine. The investigations showed that the brewing procedure led to a reduction of the concentrations but not to a complete loss of the poisonous substances.

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Wir danken der Philips GmbH, Unternehmensbereich Consumer Lifestyle, die den Kaffeevollautomaten zur Verfügung gestellt haben.

Gefördert durch ein Habilitationsstipendium des Interdisziplinären Zentrums für Klinische Forschung IZKF an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.

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Sterzik, V., Babel, B., Augustin, A.M. et al. Kaffeegenuss mit anticholinergen Nebenwirkungen. Rechtsmedizin 26, 134–139 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00194-015-0069-7

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