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Merging of Amatoxins with Alpha-amanitin

I don't think doing this would be good. Amatoxins is a group. Alpha-amanitin is a member of the amatoxins, not to mention the most lethal of them. merging this would be pointless and wouldnt make sense because amatoxins is a group while alpha-amanitin is a specific toxin. --Neur0X ^.talk 13:15, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm aware that alpha-amanitin is just one of several amatoxins - that's not the point at all. I think that alpha-amanitin would work perfectly well as a section within the larger amatoxin article, with other subsections for discussion of other amatoxins. I'll also point out that the majority of the article on alpha-amanitin is a description of the pathology of Amanita phalloides-type poisoning, a condition which is produced by mixed amatoxins, not by alpha-amanitin alone. Peter G Werner 21:06, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

That simply indicates that the page needs some modification, not that it needs to be merged, that has nothing to do with it.--Neur0X ^.talk 03:38, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

In addition to my first response, I've added some to the alpha-amanitin page, but just as well, the symptoms listed were primarily directive to that of alpha-amanitin symptoms. It did not include any of the effects on the destruction of cell membrane caused by phalloidin, and the effects are really only inclusive of alpha amanitin poisoning. I do think that the creation of a category such as Amatoxins that includes all amatoxins, such as the latter, phalloiding, and some other toxins.--Neur0X ^.talk 00:04, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

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