Amanita muscaria and Amanita pantherina poisoning: two syndromes.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology November 1, 2014 Andreja Vendramin, Miran Brvar
Amanita muscaria contains more excitatory ibotenic acid and less depressant muscimol compared to Amanita pantherina. In this study A. muscaria poisoned patients were more often confused (26/32, p = 0.01) and agitated (20/32, p = 0.03) compared to those poisoned with A. pantherina (8/17 and 5/17). Patients poisoned with A. pantherina were more commonly comatose (5/17) compared to those poisoned...