phalloidin /phal·loi·din/ (fah-loid´in) a hexapeptide poison from the mushroom Amanita phalloides, which causes asthenia, vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, and death.
phal·loi·din (f -loid n)n. A heat-stable, toxic, cyclic peptide produced by Amanita phalloides that acts by binding actin and causes vomiting, convulsions, diarrhea, asthenia, and death. |
phalloidin, phalloidine
a hexapeptide toxin from the mushroom Amanita phalloides, which causes fatal liver necrosis.
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