Tyrotoxicon

Cheese Poison (Tyrotoxicon).—This poison consists of a special toxin which may be formed in cheese under certain circumstances. It may be detected as follows The cheese is triturated with water, filtered, rendered alkaline with soda and extracted with ether. If the poison is present, the ethereal solution, on evaporation in a vacuum, deposits adcular crystals having an intense toxic action (to be ascertained by its physiological effect). 

Tyrotoxicon. A toxin reported in the early 1900s in putrid cheese and other dairy products, and producing violent diarrhoea and dehydration, symptoms similar to cholera. Chemical identification - possibly diazobenzol. 

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