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am·a·ni·tin | \ ˌa-mə-ˈnī-tᵊn 
, -ˈnē- \
, -ˈnē- \Definition of amanitin
: a highly toxic peptide that is produced by the death cap and that selectively inhibits mammalian RNA polymerase
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Recent Examples on the Web The poison is amanitin, which is a particularly nasty cocktail of eight other toxins found in amino acids.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Rachael Rettner Senior Writer, Fox News, "'Death cap' mushrooms sicken 14 in California," 6 June 2017
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amanitin
nounam·a·ni·tin | \ -ˈnit-ᵊn , -ˈnēt- \
, -ˈnēt- \Medical Definition of amanitin
: a highly toxic cyclic peptide produced by the death cap that selectively inhibits mammalian RNA polymerase
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The first known use of amanitin was in 1836
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