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Abstract
The fatalities occurring after ingestion of the poisonous mushroom Amanita phalloides are thought to be due to alpha-amanitin. Cytochrome c provided antidotal effects against a lethal dose of this toxin in mice. Significant survival was obtained even when the treatment was withheld for 8 hours. The enzyme was superior to a previously explored therapeutic regimen consisting of penicillin and its combination with chloramphenicol and sulfamethoxazole.Entities:
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Year: 1972 PMID: 5052736 DOI: 10.1126/science.177.4051.808
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728