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Curative potencies of penicillin in experimental amanita phalloides poisoning

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Some lethal factors of the toadstool, once absorbed, may still be antagonized. Penicillin displayed such antidotal potencies in rats and mice. Its effect was the more pronounced the greater the dose and the sooner its application after onset of poisoning.

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, University of Basle, Basle, Switzerland

    G. L. Floersheim, J. Schneeberger & K. Bucher

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Floersheim, G.L., Schneeberger, J. & Bucher, K. Curative potencies of penicillin in experimental amanita phalloides poisoning. Agents and Actions 2, 138–141 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01966752

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