Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Lolilline, a Possible Biosynthetic Precursor of the Lolitrem Family of Tremorgenic Mycotoxins

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 199-204

  Munday Finch, Sarah C ^a   Wilkins, Alistair L ^b   Miles, Christopher O ^a   Tomoda, Hiroshi ^c   Omura, Satoshi ^c  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acremonium lolii; Biosynthesis; Endophyte; Lolitrem; Lolium perenne; Mycotoxin; Neurotoxin; Paxilline; Ryegrass staggers; Terpendole; Tremor

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII;

EID: 0001453053     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960396r     Document Type: Article

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