Isolation and identification of the Amanita muscaria and Amanita pantherina toxins in human urine.
OBJECTIVES: Ibotenic acid, muscimol and muscarine were recognized as responsible for psychotropic effects of A. muscaria and A. pantherina. Demand for their specific and sensitive identification and quantitation in biological material lead to effort to develop reliable analytical method, but satisfactory solution is still lacking. Prese.....