Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An organic base or alkaloid, one of the poisonous principles of certain mushrooms, as Agaricus muscarius and A. bulbosus.
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- noun biochemistry A
bicyclic oligopeptide , found inAmanita phalloides , that is a deadlyamatoxin
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Examples
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Later it was named muscarin, and now is sometimes known as amanitin, since it is confined to the mushrooms of the Amanita genus.
The Treasure-Train 1908
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There is amanitin, which works slowly and is most potent.
The Witchcraft of Shirley Jackson Oates, Joyce Carol 2009
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Particularly attractive agents are those that take many days to cause illness, such as the mushroom toxin alpha-amanitin: the lag between eating and illness "could minimize opportunity for public health intervention," as the FDA delicately puts it.
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Kedinger C, Simard R (1974) The alpha-amanitin on RNA synthesis in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Piyali Mukherjee et al. 2009
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[5] With the studies of RNA there is parp genus that would be transcribed inside by alpha-amanitin-resistant RNA.
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[6] With the studies of RNA there is parp genus that would be transcribed inside by alpha-amanitin-resistant RNA.
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Rudenko G, Bishop D, Gottesdiener K, Van der Ploeg LH (1989) Alpha-amanitin resistant transcription of protein coding genes in insect and bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei.
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The last medical case was about alpha-amanitin toxin derived from Amanita mushrooms.
Nuwen's Med Blog 2008
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One of these reports studied the effect of intrahippocampal injection of the transcription inhibitors alpha-amanitin and DRB on inhibitory avoidance in rats
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Emiliano Merlo et al. 2008
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