:Talk:Agaritine

Should this be represented as a zwitterion? The IUPAC name suggests so, but that wouldn't... jive with anything I've found in the literature :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 20:41, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

:Hi, thanks mentioning this. I don't believe it's a zwitterion. It seems I misreported the IUPAC name, since the table disagreed with [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:15336 ChEBI's record]. Corrected. Ringbang (talk) 22:42, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

::OK, thanks. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 17:09, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Why do the Synthesis and Biosynthesis sections refer to non-existent figures? This makes me concerned that the material was copied and pasted from the Journal of Organic Chemistry and the Helvetica Chimica Acta. – Ringbang (talk) 01:46, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

A short google search has presented that several studies in the last few years have shown that Agaritine is not carcinogene one has even show that to the contrary Agaritine has an anti-carcinogen trait. I am not a researcher so I am asking this community to check on this information. Some german sites say that champignons, which include Agaritine, can be eaten raw because of the above reason. This article here speaks of carcinogen and mutagen. What is true? --User1973 (talk) 23:24, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

:ditto Wikipietime (talk) 18:32, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

::[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agaritine&diff=prev&oldid=1163611775 I made this edit] to indicate that there is no in vivo evidence for agaritine or white mushroom consumption causing cancer. The edit included a 1983 assessment (unchanged to date) by the World Health Organization committee (IARC) on possible carcinogens, and a 2010 review. Zefr (talk) 19:21, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

:::Emmeline Lagrange, Jean-Paul Vernoux "Warning on False or True Morels and Button Mushrooms with Potential Toxicity Linked to Hydrazinic Toxins: An Update" doi: 10.3390/toxins12080482

:::"Agaritine, a water soluble hydrazinic toxin closely related to gyromitrin is present along with metabolites including diazonium ions and free radicals, in Agaricus spp. and A. bisporus, the button mushroom, and in mice after ingestion. It is a potential weak carcinogen in mice, but although no data are available for humans, a lifetime low cumulative extra cancer risk in humans can be estimated to be about 10^(−5)." 109.252.15.80 (talk) 13:32, 8 May 2025 (UTC)