Talk:Alpha-amanitin

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I could not find any references regarding the hallucinogenic properies of alpha-amanitin. On the other hand, another species of Amanita, the fly mushroom (A. muscaria) is a well-known hallucinogen (but this is not due to amanitins, which this species does not contain; rather it is due to ibotenic acid and muscimol). Could there be a confusion here? We certainly do not want hallucinogen enthusiasts to try and consume A. phalloides. Tjunier 10:02, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

For one, Wikipedia should not be a key or a means of identification for hallucinogen enthusiasts. I is an encyclopedia, leave the latter for a website like Erowid. Second of all, who said anything about alpha-amanitin having hallucinogenic properties? It has no hallucinogenic properties, it is an Amatoxin and nothing more. I believe the psychedelic in Amanita muscaria, at least the most outstanding one, would be Muscimol.--Neur0X ^.talk 13:21, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image

I think that the (line) image here, while very illustrative of how alpha-amanitin is cyclic, is a bit confusing, and makes some groups (more specifically, methylene groups) hard to see. I'm going to revert to the previous image, which is quite clear. Jesse 20:57, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• I uploaded a second version that shows methylene groups on the major rings. Do not revert - the old image is inaccurate as it doesn't show the phenolic —OH group. Bryn C (^t/_c) 22:46, 8 October 2006 (UTC)