Toxicological Research
- Volume 1 Issue 1
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- Pages.1-15
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- 1985
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- 1976-8257(pISSN)
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- 2234-2753(eISSN)
TRICHOTHECENES AS ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTS
- Ueno, Yoshio (Department of Toxicology and Microbial chemistry Faculty of pharmaceutical sciences, Tokyo University of science)
- Published : 1985.12.01
Abstract
The trichothecenes are a chemically related sesquiterpenoid fungal metabolites of Fusarium, Trichoderma, Stachybotrys and others, and at moment more than 70 kinds of derivatives are identified. Historically, they are identified as antifungal and phytotoxic compounds, but after the finding of T-2 toxin from Fusarium tricinctum, several trichothecenes are now considered to be natural toxicants in foodstuffs and feeds.