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In a similar manner, these researchers have also synthesized [48] a C-8 side-chain analog 60 of domoic acid using a cobalt-mediated cyclization-elimination sequence on the iodide 59 (Scheme 22). They extended this methodology to an enantiospecific total synthesis of acromelic acid A 64, a potent neurotoxin obtained from poisonous mushrooms [46]. The cornerstone of their synthetic strategy was a cobalt-mediated radical cyclization of the substrate 61 which was prepared from the epoxy alcohol in optically pure form. Treatment of 61 with cobalt(I) afforded 62, which was converted to the natural product 64 via pyridone 63 using routine functional group manipulation (Scheme 23). 

Fortunately, of the vast number of mushroom species that exists, only a few produce secondary metabolites that cause fatal poisonings. If toxins causing benign symptoms, such as abdominal pain and diarrhea, hallucinations, or alcohol incompatibility, are disregarded, the most significant mushroom toxins are the extremely hazardous compounds of amatoxins, orellanine, and, to a lesser extent, methylhydrazine and its derivatives. Consequently, there is only a... 

Intravenous silymarin has been demonstrated to lower mortality from Amanita mushroom poisonings, but this formulation is available only in Europe. Animal studies have demonstrated hepatic protection against alcohol, acetaminophen, and mushroom toxins and protection against hepatic fibrosis with bile duct occlusion. There is also evidence of silybin protecting against cis-platin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. It is not yet clear whether milk thistle extract offers any renal protection to humans. 

Milk thistle has shown promise in improving liver function parameters in various hepatotoxic situations, such as alcoholic cirrhosis and mushroom poisoning. It is still unclear whether it will offer protection against viral hepatitis and various nephrotoxic agents. 

Milk thistle has been used to treat acute and chronic viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, and toxin-induced liver injury in human patients. Milk thistle has most often been studied in the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. In both of these disorders, outcomes have been mixed and reports include significant reductions in markers of liver dysfunction and in mortality, as well as no effect. In acute viral hepatitis, studies have generally involved small sample sizes and have shown mixed outcomes of improved liver function (eg, aminotransferase values, bilirubin, prothrombin time) or no effect. Studies in chronic viral hepatitis and toxin-induced injury have also been of small size but have reported mostly favorable results. Parenteral silybin is marketed and used in Europe as an antidote in Amanitaphalloides mushroom poisoning, based on favorable outcomes reported in case-control studies. 

In SOMA there are forty-two "exhibits, comprising 105 pages of reports by explorers, travelers and anthropologists on mushroom use in Siberia. Only two of these are from people who tried mushrooms, Kopdc s being one of them. The other says "These mushrooms contain a very strong poison, and I can say from personal experience that it is highly intoxicating. The natives often use it to get drunk on when they have no alcohol. These remarks were published in Swedish in 1918. 

Pharmacology In vitro studies show that milk thistle reduces lipid peroxidation, scavenges free radicals, enhances superoxide dismutase, inhibits formation of leukotrienes, and increases hepatocyte RNA polymerase activity. In animal models, milk thistle protects against liver injury caused by alcohol, acetaminophen, and amanita mushrooms. The outcomes of clinical trials in patients with liver disease caused by alcohol have been mixed. In viral hepatitis and liver injury caused by amanita mushrooms, results of clinical trials have been mainly favorable. A commercial preparation of silybin (an isomer of silymarin) is available in some countries as an antidote to Amanita phalloides mushroom poisoning. 

In Europe, clinical use is widespread for toxic liver damage in supportive treatment of chronic inflammatory liver disorders and cirrhosis, including chronic hepatitis and fatty infiltration of the liver by alcohol and other chemicals. In infusion therapy, silibinin preparations used for supportive treatment of Amanita mushroom poisoning. ... 

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