gyromitrin
N-methyl-N-formyl hydrazone of acetaldehyde
 
Notes:
isolated from edible mushroom gyromitra (helvella) esculenta; inhalation hallucinogen; highly toxic. Toxin from the fungus Gyromitra esculenta. Freq. cause of mushroom poisoning Gyromitrin is a toxin and possible carcinogen present in most members of the fungal genus Gyromitra, most notably the false morel G. esculenta.
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CAS Number: 16568-02-8Picture of molecule3D/inchi
Other: 69349-96-8
FDA UNII: S9J72G0T46
Beilstein Number: 1922396
XlogP3-AA: -0.30 (est)
Molecular Weight: 100.12096000
Formula: C4 H8 N2 O
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Physical Properties:
Appearance: colorless to pale yellow clear liquid (est)
Assay: 95.00 to 100.00 % 
Food Chemicals Codex Listed: No
Boiling Point: 135.80 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg (est)
Vapor Pressure: 7.600000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est)
Flash Point: 97.00 °F. TCC ( 36.00 °C. ) (est)
logP (o/w): -0.300 (est)
Soluble in:
 water, 3.608e+005 mg/L @ 25 °C (est)
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Cosmetic Information:
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Oral/Parenteral Toxicity:
unreported-child LDLo  10 mg/kg
Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete der Lebensmitteluntersuchung und Hygiene. Vol. 65, Pg. 453, 1974.

unreported-human LDLo  20 mg/kg
Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete der Lebensmitteluntersuchung und Hygiene. Vol. 65, Pg. 453, 1974.

oral-mouse LD50  344 mg/kg
Mutation Research. Vol. 54, Pg. 167, 1978.

oral-rabbit LD50  50 mg/kg
Naturwissenschaften. Vol. 62, Pg. 395, 1975.

oral-rat LD50  320 mg/kg
BEHAVIORAL: FOOD INTAKE (ANIMAL) BEHAVIORAL: SOMNOLENCE (GENERAL DEPRESSED ACTIVITY) BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD
Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. Vol. 15, Pg. 575, 1977.

Dermal Toxicity:
Not determined
Inhalation Toxicity:
Not determined
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Safety in Use Information:
Category: natural substances and extractives
Recommendation for gyromitrin usage levels up to:
 not for fragrance use.
 
Recommendation for gyromitrin flavor usage levels up to:
 not for flavor use.
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Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary : 9548611
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Data
 N-[(E)-ethylideneamino]-N-methylformamide
Chemidplus: 0016568028
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References:
 N-[(E)-ethylideneamino]-N-methylformamide
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Pubchem (cid): 9548611
Pubchem (sid): 134993450
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Potential Uses:
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Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
 gyromitra esculenta
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Synonyms:
 acetaldehyde formylmethylhydrazone
 acetaldehyde methyl formyl hydrazone
 acetaldehyde methylformylhydrazone
 acetaldehyde N-methyl-N-formylhydrazone
 acetaldehyde N-methylformylhydrazone
 acetaldehyde-N-formyl-N-methylhydrazone
 acetaldehyde-N-methyl-N-formylhydrazone
 acetaldehyde, N-formyl-N-methylhydrazone
 acetylaldehyde-N-methyl-N-formylhydrazone
N-[(E)-ethylideneamino]-N-methylformamide
 formic acid, 2-ethylidene-1-methylhydrazide
 formic acid, ethylidenemethylhydrazide
 hydrazine carboxaldehyde, ethylidenemethyl-
 hydrazine carboxyaldehyde, ethylidenemethyl-
 hydrazinecarboxaldehyde, ethylidenemethyl-
N-methyl-N-formyl hydrazone of acetaldehyde
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Articles:
PubMed: [Mushroom poisonings that we don't think about: Gyromitra poisoning].
PubMed: Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry determination of the pentafluorobenzoyl derivative of methylhydrazine in false morel (Gyromitra esculenta) as a monitor for the content of the toxin gyromitrin.
PubMed: The epidemiology, toxidromic classification, general management, and prevention of mushroom poisoning in the United States.
PubMed: [Acute higher funghi mushroom poisoning and its treatment].
PubMed: Cytotoxic fungi--an overview.
PubMed: Clinical approach to toxic mushroom ingestion.
PubMed: Methylation of rat and mouse DNA by the mushroom poison gyromitrin and its metabolite monomethylhydrazine.
PubMed: Poisoning by Gyromitra esculenta--a review.
PubMed: [Poisoning by Geromitra esculenta].
PubMed: [Diagnosis and therapy of mushroom poisoning (II)].
PubMed: Un fleur du mal--gyromitrin poisoning.
PubMed: N-methyl-N-formylhydrazine: a toxic and mutagenic inhibitor of the intestinal diamine oxidase.
PubMed: Methylation of deoxyribonucleic acid in the rat by the mushroom poison gyromitrin.
PubMed: Gyromitrin (acetaldehyde formylmethylhydrazone).
PubMed: On the mutagenicity of metabolites derived from the mushroom poison gyromitrin.
PubMed: Poisoning by Gyromitra : a possible mechanism.
PubMed: [Influence of the mushroom poison gyromitrin on the lipids of rat liver (author's transl)].
PubMed: The toxicology of 1-acetyl-2-methyl-2-formyl hydrazine (Ac-MFH).
PubMed: Cancer induction in mice with acetaldehyde methylformylhydrazone of the false morel mushroom.
PubMed: Considerations on the carcinogenicity of the mushroom poison gyromitrin and its metabolites.
PubMed: Gyromitrin as a tumor inducer.
PubMed: Indications for nitrosamide formation from the mushroom poison gyromitrin by rat liver microsomes.
PubMed: The importance of human intestinal diamine oxidase in the oxidation of histamine and/or putrescine.
PubMed: Renal functional response to the mushroom poison gyromitrin.
PubMed: Liver injury by the false morel poison gyromitrin.
PubMed: [Acute poisoning by Gyromitra esculenta (author's transl)].
PubMed: Mutagenic properties of ethylidene gyromitrin and its metabolites in microsomal activation tests and in the host-mediated assay.
PubMed: Acute oral toxicity of ethylidene gyromitrin in rabbits, rats and chickens.
PubMed: Formation of methylhydrazine from acetaldehyde N-methyl-N-formylhydrazone, a component of Gyromitra esculenta.
PubMed: Short-term peroral toxicity of ethylidene gyromitrin in rabbits and chickens.
PubMed: Tests for gyromitrin, a poisonous compound in false morel gyromitra esculenta.
PubMed: [Detection and content determination of gyromitrin in fresh Gyromitra esculenta. 19. Mushroom contents].
PubMed: [Gyromitrin, the poison of Gyromitra esculenta. 16. On the fungi contents].
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