Acute pancreatitis in various stages of severity has been produced experimentally by administration of ethionine. 8 To our knowledge this is the only other drug or chemical, exclusive of alcohol ...

In 2020, German scientists published research in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry indicating that the pungent smell can be attributed to a rare amino acid called ethionine.

ethionine-supplemented diet. In each of these animal models, severe necrotizing pancreatitis is induced. Mild pancreatitis with very little necrosis can be induced by obstructing the rat-common ...

Such a mechanism could account also for the carcinogenic effects of radiation and of remotely acting agents, such as the azo-dyes, ethionine, etc., which may give rise to alkyl radicals in the body.