Trichothecenes: From simple to complex mycotoxins

Toxins

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 802-814

  McCormick, Susan P ^a   Stanley, April M ^b   Stover, Nicholas A ^b   Alexander, Nancy J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D type; Macrocyclic; Mycotoxins; T type; Toxin biosynthesis; Trichothecenes; Type A; Type B

Indexed keywords

7,8 DIHYDROXY CALONECTRIN; BACCHARIN; CALONECTRIN; CROTOCIN; DIACETOXYSCIRPENOL; FUSARENON X; HARZIANUM A; ISOTRICHODERMOL; MYCOTOXIN; NEOSOLANIOL; NIVALENOL; RORIDIN A; SATRATOXIN H; T 2 TOXIN; TRICHODERMIN; TRICHODERMOL; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; TRICHOTHECIN; TRICHOTHECINOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERRUCARIN A; VOMITOXIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

CEREALS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; PLANT DISEASES; TRICHODERMA; TRICHOTHECENES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960795507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins3070802     Document Type: Review

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