Proof of the Existence of an Unstable Amino Acid:Pleurocybellaziridine in Pleurocybella porrigens

摘要

Angel's wing mushroom, Pleurocybella porrigens (Pers.) Singer, is distributed worldwide in temperate areas and has been eaten throughout the world, especially in Japan. Nonetheless, seventeen people who ate angel's wing mushroom died of acute encephalopathy in 2004 in Japan. Epidemiological investigation of the incident indicated that most patients were undergoing hemodialysis treatment for chronic renal failure and had digested the wild fruiting bodies before the onset of neurological symptom.