Talk:Amatoxin

message: I don't think doing this would be good. Amatoxins is a group. Alpha-amanitin is a member of the amatoxins, not to mention the most lethal of them. merging this would be pointless and wouldnt make sense because amatoxins is a group while alpha-amanitin is a specific toxin. --Neur0X .talk 13:15, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm aware that alpha-amanitin is just one of several amatoxins - that's not the point at all. I think that alpha-amanitin would work perfectly well as a section within the larger amatoxin article, with other subsections for discussion of other amatoxins. I'll also point out that the majority of the article on alpha-amanitin is a description of the pathology of Amanita phalloides-type poisoning, a condition which is produced by mixed amatoxins, not by alpha-amanitin alone. Peter G Werner 21:06, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That simply indicates that the page needs some modification, not that it needs to be merged, that has nothing to do with it.--Neur0X .talk 03:38, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In addition to my first response, I've added some to the alpha-amanitin page, but just as well, the symptoms listed were primarily directive to that of alpha-amanitin symptoms. It did not include any of the effects on the destruction of cell membrane caused by phalloidin, and the effects are really only inclusive of alpha amanitin poisoning. I do think that the creation of a category such as Amatoxins that includes all amatoxins, such as the latter, phalloiding, and some other toxins.--Neur0X .talk 00:04, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging of Amatoxins with [[Alpha-amanitin]] 

message: Hello folks, is there a difference (besides spelling) between amatoxin and amanitoxin? I ask so we can know what spelling to use in further article(s) and where to set any redirects.Thebestofall007 (talk) 22:06, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  difference between amanitoxins and amatoxins meaning? 

message: There are a few parts that I find confusing here. The "Symptoms of exposure" section states both that amatoxins cannot be absorbed through the skin and that beta-amanitin can be absorbed through the skin. And concerning the mode of action as well, it's hard to tell from the article if all amatoxins inhibit RNA pol II, which is what it seems to state under Mechanism, but then under Physiological mode of action it seems to go into other (unrelated, or if related, how??) effects.. Some clarification would be nice here I think. Momordiq (talk) 21:33, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing/ self-contradictory passages 

message: It says that Amatoxin is not denatured by heat but that is wrong because EVERY chemical compound is ultimately denatured by heat. Some just take much higher temperatures than others. That is unless it is to suggest Amatoxin would be stable at temperatures like those in the core of the sun then it is flat out incorrect to say heat cannot destroy it. Xanikk999 (talk) 20:24, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article factually wrong 

message: The Treatment section lists silybin in "Treatments showing no discernable value", but in the next paragraph says " Silibinin, a product found in milk thistle, is a potential antidote to amatoxin poisoning, although more data needs to be collected." The links show that silybin and silibinin are alternative names for the same thing, so this is a contradiction. Tslumley (talk) 06:45, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Treatment: Silybin/Silibinin