Coconut oil, a counter-agent in aluminium phosphide poisoning

Aluminium phosphide (ALP) poisoning is one of the major causes of suicidal deaths. Toxicity is caused by phosphine gas produced from the reaction of Aluminium phosphide with water and hydrochloric acid in the stomach which leads to multi-organ dysfunction. There is no antidote available for aluminium phosphide poisoning, only supportive therapy can be given. In this case, in spite of all supportive measures and care the patient did not survive. No coconut or almond oil was administered to the patient. Some of the case reports and articles suggested the role of coconut oil and increased survival chances in the absence of specific antidote for aluminium phosphide poisoning.