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muscazone
EntityQ571037· pop 16· linked from 55 articles

Also known as (+/-)-muscazone

Muscazone is a toxic chemical compound. It is an amino acid found in European fly agaric mushrooms.

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Mass
158.032756672
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chemical formula
C₅H₆O₄N₂
canonical SMILES
C1=C(OC(=O)N1)C(C(=O)O)N
melting point
190
found in taxon
Amanita muscaria
Commons category
Muscazone
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Muscazone is a toxic chemical compound. It is an amino acid found in European fly agaric mushrooms.

Consumption causes visual damage, mental confusion, and memory loss.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “muscazone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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