amanitin

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am·a·ni·tin | \ ˌa-mə-ˈnī-tᵊn

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Definition of amanitin

: a highly toxic peptide that is produced by the death cap and that selectively inhibits mammalian RNA polymerase

Examples of amanitin in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The poison is amanitin, which is a particularly nasty cocktail of eight other toxins found in amino acids. — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, "7 Poisonous Mushrooms and What Happens if You Eat Them," 9 Mar. 2020 The poison is amanitin, which is a particularly nasty cocktail of eight other toxins found in amino acids. — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, "7 Poisonous Mushrooms and What Happens if You Eat Them," 9 Mar. 2020 The poison is amanitin, which is a particularly nasty cocktail of eight other toxins found in amino acids. — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, "7 Poisonous Mushrooms and What Happens if You Eat Them," 9 Mar. 2020 The poison is amanitin, which is a particularly nasty cocktail of eight other toxins found in amino acids. — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, "7 Poisonous Mushrooms and What Happens if You Eat Them," 9 Mar. 2020 The poison is amanitin, which is a particularly nasty cocktail of eight other toxins found in amino acids. — Popular Science, "From the death cap to the alcohol inky: seven poisonous mushrooms you definitely don’t want to eat," 11 Mar. 2020 The toxic agent here is the same amanitin found in the death cap. — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, "7 Poisonous Mushrooms and What Happens if You Eat Them," 9 Mar. 2020 The mushroom contains toxins known as amanitin, which damage liver cells. — Rachael Rettner Senior Writer, Fox News, "'Death cap' mushrooms sicken 14 in California," 6 June 2017

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