Antidote for world’s deadliest mushroom revealed by Sydney scientist
The Sydney Morning Herald
23-05-16 15:00
Researchers have found that an FDA-approved injectable dye called indocyanine green (ICG) could protect against the death cap mushroom, responsible for nine in 10 fatal mushroom poisonings and thousands of deaths worldwide. Conducting tests on lab-grown liver cells and mice who were treated within four hours of poisoning, the dye halted the toxin’s deadly effects. Death caps, which grow in symbiosis with oak trees and resemble the commonly cooked straw mushroom, have claimed at least six lives in Australia. Scientists also discovered dozens of other potential antidotes for the deadly poison.