Which parts of the yew plant are toxic?
The leaves, seeds, and bark (excluding the red pulp) are poisonous and have active toxic metabolites.
Alarfaj M, Goswami A. Cardiotoxicity in yew berry poisoning. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Dec;50:812.e1-812.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.05.043. Epub 2021 May 18. PMID: 34049761.
Contributed by Erin Carr, MS3, UM Miller School of Medicine on behalf of the Florida Poison Information Center Network
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