#092: Gyromitrin and Monomethylhydrazine (MMH)

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  1. January 27, 2017

    […] Of course, you should always cook your mushrooms before you eat them. Even uncooked A. bisporus mushrooms are known to contain the toxic compound monomethylhydrizine (see FFF#092). […]

  2. March 30, 2018

    […] never eat any species of Gyromitra, since those mushrooms all potentially contain gyromitrin (see FFF#092), which breaks down in the body to become the toxin monomethylhydrazine (MMH).2,6 Some people do […]

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