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gyromitrin
N-methyl-N-formyl hydrazone of acetaldehyde

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Name:	N-[(E)-ethylideneamino]-N-methylformamide
CAS Number:	16568-02-8	3D/inchi
Other(deleted CASRN):	69349-96-8
FDA UNII:	S9J72G0T46
Beilstein Number:	1922396
XlogP3-AA:	-0.30 (est)
Molecular Weight:	100.12096000
Formula:	C4 H8 N2 O
BioActivity Summary:	listing
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Category:natural substances and extractives

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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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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

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

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N-[(E)-ethylideneamino]-N-methylformamide

Chemidplus:0016568028

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	N-[(E)-ethylideneamino]-N-methylformamide
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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

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].

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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