muscarine
Noun
Meaning
muscarine (countable and uncountable, plural muscarines)
(biochemistry) An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.
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The level of muscarine in A. muscaria is too low to play a role in the symptoms of poisoning.
Researchers in England, citation Japan, citation and Switzerland citation showed that the effects produced were due mainly to ibotenic acid and muscimol, not muscarine.