This acid has microcrystalline properties, and therefore, forms small crystals that can not be seen through the naked eye, but are only visible with an optical microscope.

[citation needed] Agaric acid induces the mitochondrial permeability transition by collaborating with adenine nucleotide translocase.

It is thought that agaric acid activates the opening of membrane pores due to the union of citrate to ADP transporters.

[3] Agaric acid is used in medicine as an anhidrotic agent in order to stop excessive perspiration as it paralyses the nerve terminations in the human body's sweat glands.

[medical citation needed] For example, it helps to avoid tuberculosis patients' frequent night sweats.