A bitter compound extracted from agaric fungi, formerly used as a medicinal laxative.
From 'agaric' (fungus) plus the chemical suffix '-in.' The term describes a chemical substance derived from agaric mushrooms.
Agaricin was actually used as medicine for centuries—medieval doctors prescribed it for constipation and fever, which shows how people studied nature to find remedies, even though it tasted terrible and had unpredictable effects!
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