Change in Ibotenic Acid and Muscimol Contents in Amanita muscaria during Drying, Storing or Cooking
Food Hygiene and Safety Science (Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi) 1993 Koujun Tsunoda, Noriko Inoue, Yasuo Aoyagi et al. 11 citations
It is believed by people in mountainous areas that toxins in A. muscaria are reduced by drying, storing or cooking. The main physiologically active substances, ibotenic acid (IBO) and muscimol (MUS), in A. muscaria were therefore investigated. IBO is readily transformed to into MUS through decarboxylation, and MUS is a hallucinogen. Drying A. muscaria in the sun or with a heater caused an...