It is not very toxic, but on uniting with oxygen it passes over to muscarine. |
This alkaloid, like ordinary atropin, neutralizes to a greater or less extent the muscarine. |
The symptoms of poisoning with muscarine are not at once evident, as is the case with several of the less virulent poisons. |
Neurin is almost identical in its physiological effects with muscarine, which is described below. |
A subcutaneous dose of muscarine may be administered instead of pilocarpine, but is not quite so good. |
Many Inocybe and Clitocybe mushrooms contain larger concentrations of muscarine than does A. muscaria. |