John Wiley and Sons: Synthetic Mushroom Toxin - New Synthetic Route for Amanitin, a Therapeutically Interesting Mushroom Toxin
February 05, 2020
February 05, 2020
HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Feb. 5 -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release:
The death cap mushroom is highly toxic. However, some of its toxins can also be healing: amanitins are potential components for antibody-based cancer treatments. In the journalAngewandte Chemie, German scientists have now introduced a new synthetic route for alpha -amanitin. Their method seems suitable for production on a larger scale, finally making enough of the toxin available for further resear . . .
The death cap mushroom is highly toxic. However, some of its toxins can also be healing: amanitins are potential components for antibody-based cancer treatments. In the journalAngewandte Chemie, German scientists have now introduced a new synthetic route for alpha -amanitin. Their method seems suitable for production on a larger scale, finally making enough of the toxin available for further resear . . .