amanitine
(æməˈnaɪtaɪn)
[f. Gr. ἀµανῖτ-αι a sort of fungi, mentioned by Dioscorides + -ine.]
The active narcotic principle of poisonous fungi.
| 1847 in Craig. 1861 H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat. 248 When extracted by water and alcohol, a brown solid substance called amanitine is obtained. 1878 Kingzett Anim. Chem. 302 Harnack has found in the red fungus which yields muscarine another alkaloid which he terms amanitine. |