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Small amounts of Cs and Cs are released into the environment during nearly aU nuclear weapon tests and some nuclear accidents, most notably the Chernobyl disaster. It is weU documented that mushrooms, including edible species from contaminated forests, accumulate radionucHdes (mainly Cs) in their fungal sporocarps. For example, the edible mushroom commonly known as penny bun, porcino or cep [Boletus edulis) from Poland (1987) showed about seven times higher activity of Cs in comparison with the radioactive background and about double the activity... 

Of nutrient chelates in the human diet, oxalates and phytates are the most common. OxaUc acid (8), found principally in spinach, rhubarb leaves, beet leaves, some fmits, and mushrooms, is a primary chelator of calcium. Oxalate present in pineapple, kiwifmit, and possibly in other foods, occurs as calcium... 

Investigations have focused on the content of polyphenoHcs, tannins, and related compounds in various foods and the influence on nutrient availabiHty and protein digestibiHty. It has been estabHshed that naturally occurring concentrations of polyphenoloxidase and polyphenols in products such as mushrooms can result in reduced iron bio availabiHty (75). Likewise, several studies have focused on decreased protein digestibiHty caused by the tannins of common beans and rapeseed (canola) (76—78). 

Lentinan, a derivative of the shiitake mushroom, is proving to be valuable in boosting the body s immune s/stem and may prolong the survival time of patients with cancer by supporting immunity. In Japan, lentinan is commonly used to treat cancer. Additional possible benefits of this herb are to lower cholesterol levels by increasing the rate at which cholesterol is excreted from the body. Under no circumstances should shiitake or lentinan be used for cancer or any serious illness without consulting a primary health care provider. 

The two principal hallucinogenic constituents of psilocybe mushrooms (and related genera) are psilocybin and psilocin (Schultes and Hofman 1980,1992) (figure 9.4). They are very similar, having a dimethyltryptamine structure and differing only by a phosphoric acid molecule. Psilocybin may be called 4-phosphoryl-DMT and psilocin may be called 4-hydroxy DMT. They are both approximately 1/200 as potent as LSD. Absorption is adequate through the oral route, making this a common form of consumption. 

PEG is a widely used molecule as a component in pharmaceutical formulations. PEG is particularly useful thanks to its low cost and various simple synthetic methods (26). PEG-lipid has been developed as a means of stabilizing conventional liposomes. A lipid moiety has been linked to the large PEGylated head in order to anchor the molecule to the particles. Instead of shielding a direct layer of polymer PEG around the particle, which would be less stable, the idea is to favor hydrophobic interactions between the PEG-lipid and the particle bilayer lipids. This anchor had led to two conformations of the PEG on the particle surface commonly called mushroom and brush regimes (27), representing a more condensed or extended conformations... 

In total, 12,264 samples were collected and analyzed for pesticide residues in the 2001 PDP (USDA, 2003). Specific fruits and vegetables analyzed in the 2001 PDP included apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, celery, cherries, grapes, green beans, lettuce, mushrooms, nectarines, oranges, peaches, pineapples, potatoes, canned sweet corn, canned sweet peas, and canned tomato paste. Fruits and vegetable samples were taken most commonly (9903 samples), followed by beef (911 samples), enriched milled rice (689 samples), poultry (464... 

Common mushrooms, false morels, shiitake Hydrazines, including N-methyl-N-formyl... 

Firstly, I believe that any of the above descriptions of minimal life should permit one to discriminate between the living and the non-living. All forms of life we empirically know about should be covered by such a dehnition - and conversely one should not be able to hnd forms of life that are contradictory to such a definition. Secondly, there is the intellectual challenge to capture in an explicit formulation the quality of life how can one express the common denominator of micro-organisms, plants, animals, mushrooms, and mammals which set them apart from the inanimate world of rocks and machines Clearly, even if we do not arrive at an unique definition of life, the two above conditions are capable of fostering useful discussion and progress in the field. 

Psilocybin can be found in over 100 species of mushrooms in Mexico, Central America, and northwestern and southeastern parts of the United States. Some of the common mushroom varieties are Psilocybe mexicana, Psilocybe cubensis, Psilocybe azure-scens, and Psilocybe cyanescen. Street names include Alice, magic mushrooms, purple passion, sh rooms, and siUy putty. 

Hallucinogenic mushrooms, containing psilocybin, and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) are extremely common recreational drugs. Like ecstasy and related drugs, LSD has a strong... 

Severe cholinergic excess is a medical emergency, especially in rural communities where cholinesterase inhibitor insecticides are commonly used and in cultures where wild mushrooms are commonly eaten. The potential use of cholinesterase inhibitors as chemical warfare "nerve gases" also requires an awareness of the methods for treating acute poisoning (see Chapter 58). 

Since the mixture invariably shows properties that neither component can show alone, it is obvious that the combination is a major classification component. When the harmaline component is a plant mixture containing harmaline, a common name that is used is Ayahuasca. This can be any of a large number of carboline-containing plants (or even harmaline itself) combined with a really wide variety of amines ranging from the tryptamines to mushrooms to such diverse materials as Jimpson Weed components. These combinations are usually unknown as to exact composition, and they will be discussed in a chapter devoted to just this combination, entitled "Hoasca vs. Ayahuasca." On the other hand, when the components are discrete compounds, the process is much more controlled (in the experimental sense rather than in the effects sense) and these combinations are gathered in the recipe for harmaline. 

Other species of amanita are among the deadliest fungi known. Polypeptide-like toxins in Amanita phalloides, or death cup, can prove fatal or at the very least can cause permanent liver and kidney damage. These mushrooms are common in the temperate climates of Europe and North America. They are responsible for the majority of what is called "slow" mushroom poisoning in the U.S. In fact, it was only a few years ago that the local newspaper reported a case of amanita poisoning within SLO county. Mushroom poisoning is known as mycetism. In addition the amanita also contain bufotenine which has CNS effects. See the ASIDE which discusses the peptide poisons. 

Puharich in The Magic Mushroom as well as in his most recent book is unduly impressed with the occurrence of A. muscaria. Wherever the species of trees occur with which it lives in mycorrhizal relationship, it is common. It is one of the commonest of fungi in North America and Eurasia. Puharich quotes at length as an authority Victor Reko, a notorious forceur, not to be confused with his cousin. Bias Pablo Reko. 

These requirements specify two loci one of them, labelled DH l in Fig. 8.12, emanates from the points / = 0, k2 = 9/256, as located in 8.3.6. This curve cuts through the parameter space for isola and mushroom patterns, but always lies below the curve A. (In fact it intersects A at the common point P0 = i(33/2 - 5), k2 = rg(3 - /3)4(1 -, /3)2 where the locus H also crosses.) In the vicinity of DH x, the stationary-state curve has only one Hopf point. This changes from a subcritical bifurcation (unstable limit cycle emerging) for conditions to the right of the curve to supercritical (stable limit cycle emerging) to the left. 

The best known example of bioluminescence is that of the glow worms, but many other examples are found among molluscs, fishes and mushrooms. Bioluminescence is fairly common among marine life, especially in the deep waters where sunlight cannot penetrate. 

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