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Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Mycotoxins > Sterigmatocystin
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring > Xanthenes > Xanthones > Sterigmatocystin

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Sterigmatocystin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • /antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS;

Scope note

  • A carcinogenic mycotoxin produced in high yields by strains of the common molds, Aspergillus versicolor, A. nidulans, and an unidentified species of Bipolaris. It causes necrosis of the liver and kidney and has an inhibitory effect on orotic acid incorporation into nuclear RNA.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under XANTHENES 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013241

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