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gyromitrin (gyromitra toxin)
Epidemiology:
- toxin found in false mushrooms
- Gyromitra esculenta
- Gyromitra ambigua
- Gyromitra infula
Pathology:
- can cause fatal poisonings
- gyromitrin (N-methyl-N-formylhydrazone) rapidly decomposes in the stomach to form acetaldehyde & N-methyl-N-formylhydrazine, which is converted to monomethylhydrazine by slow hydrolysis (see methylhydrazine)
Related
methylhydrazine
General
toxin (hazardous material, poison)
Database Correlations
PUBCHEM cid=9548611
References
- Brozen R and Hampers ML
Toxicity, Mushroom - Gyromitra Toxin
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/817931-overview