A summary dealing with the present knowledge of death-cap toxins and of the effects of isolated toxins on laboratory animals in relation to the alimentary poisonings of man with the total fungus. Some newer observations in the ČSSR are stated and medical effects of some substances are discussed. Thioctic acid seems necessary in the treatment, although it is not a medicine to counteract a poison. Its medical use in high doses has a rational basis. The use of cleaning techniques to ensure the elimination of mushroom-particles out of alimentary canal and/or toxins from the blood forth as soon as possible before its fixation in the liver is substantial in the complex care.
Veselský J., Kubička J., Čuřík R. (1978): Some recent remarks to death-cap poisonings - Amanita phalloides (Fr.) Link. – Česká Mykologie 32(1): 1–10.
