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Preferred term

Muscarine  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A toxic alkaloid found in Amanita muscaria (fly fungus) and other fungi of the Inocybe species. It is the first parasympathomimetic substance ever studied and causes profound parasympathetic activation that may end in convulsions and death. The specific antidote is atropine.

Synonym(s)

  • 2-Furanmethanaminium, tetrahydro-4-hydroxy-N,N,N,5-tetramethyl-, (2S-(2alpha,4beta,5alpha))-
  • 300-54-9 (Muscarine)
  • 7T101UWZ5W

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  • French

  • 2-Furanmethanaminium, tetrahydro-4-hydroxy-N,N,N,5-tetramethyl-, (2S-(2alpha,4beta,5alpha))-
  • 300-54-9 (Muscarine)
  • 7T101UWZ5W

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-SMPR96GL-0

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