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Cardiotoxic protein from edible mushrooms
THE cardiotoxic protein volvatoxin has been isolated from the edible mushroom, Volvariella volvaceae1. We have now isolated another cardiotoxic protein from the edible mushroom Flammulina velutipes (Curt. ex Frie...
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Isolation of a New Cardiotoxic Protein from the Edible Mushroom, Volvariella volvacea
THE cyclic toxic peptides, phalloidins and amanitins, have been isolated from Amanita phalloides; they caused violent emesis and diarrhoea or even death 10 to 24 h after ingestion1,2. Their chemical structures ha...