amatoxin

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amatoxin

Toxicology Any of a family of potentially lethal toxins present in certain mushrooms—Amanita phalloides, Lepiota chlorophyllum and others, which may cause accidental poisoning in amateur mycophagists Clinical 12-hr latency, then N&V, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, which may be followed by an asymptomatic period before acute hepatic dysfunction and death Treatment Charcoal hemoperfusion

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