Discovery and occurrence of the fumonisins: A historical perspective

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages 239-243

  Marasas, Walter F O ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corn; Esophageal cancer; Fumonisins; Fusarium moniliforme; Fusarium verticillioides; Leukoencephalomalacia; Porcine pulmonary edema syndrome; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; FUMONISIN B1; FUMONISIN B2; MYCOTOXIN; SPHINGOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DIET; EPIDEMIC; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOOD INTAKE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTORY; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER CANCER; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOULD; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RAT; SOUTH AFRICA; SWINE; TUMOR PROMOTION; UNITED STATES;

FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES;

EID: 0035001015     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109s2239     Document Type: Article

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