Definition of Phallin

1. a type of fungal poison [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phallin

phallacidin
phallacin
phallalgia
phallectomies
phalli
phallic stage
phallically
phallicisms
phallicness
phallin (current term)
phallins
phallisacin
phallisin
phallisms
phallist
phallists
phallocentric
phallocentrism
phallocentrisms
phallocracies

Literary usage of Phallin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poisons: their effects and detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1895)
"If into a dog, cat, or rabbit, only 0'5 mgrm. of phallin be injected intravenously, within from twenty to thirty minutes blood from a vein shows that the ..."

2. Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, Etc by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"The presence of phallin in Amanita muscaria is possible, and its symptoms ... phallin.— The exact chemical nature of this extremely toxic substance is not ..."

3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1906)
"From the experiments detailed in this paper it may be concluded that Amanita phalloides contains besides phallin, or the hasmo- lytic principle of Robert, ..."

4. A Text-book of Pathology by William George MacCallum, Harry Gideon Wells (1907)
"One, the phallin of Robert, is powerfully hemolytic, is destroyed by heating thirty ... phallin is also destroyed by the action of pepsin and pancreatin. ..."

5. Chemical Pathology: Being a Discussion of General Pathology from the by Harry Gideon Wells (1907)
"One, the phallin of Robert, is powerfully hemolytic, is destroyed by heating thirty ... phallin is also destroyed by the action of pepsin and pancreatin. ..."

6. Fungal Flora of the Lehigh Valley, Pa. by William Herbst (1899)
"The active principle is called phallin, and was isolated ... Weir Mitchell has proven that phallin is similar to the rattlesnake poison. ..."

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