ATTEMPTED TUMOR-INDUCTION WITH AGARITINE IN MICE

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 1 (5), 255-258
Abstract
Agaritine, a constituent of the cultivated mushroom of commerce Agaricus bisporus, was administered at concentrations of 0.0625 and 0.03125% in drinking water daily for life to randomly bred Swiss mice. Consumption of the chemical resulted in no detectable carcinogenic action under the experimental conditions; however, a substantial number of animals developed convulsive seizures.