aflatoxin P1

ID 2: 57

Toxin: n

Systematic name:

Cyclopenta[c]furo[3′,2′:4,5]furo[2,3-h][1]benzopyran-1,11-dione, 2,3,6a,9a-tetrahydro-4-hydroxy-, (6aR-cis)

Molecular formulae: 

C₁₆H₁₀O₆

Molecular weight: 298

Chemical abstract number: 32215-02-4

Literature reference:

• Production of aflatoxins and aflatoxicols by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus and metabolism of aflatoxin B1 by aflatoxin-​nonproducing Aspergillus flavus. Nakazato, Mitsuo; Morozumi, Satoshi; Saito, Kazuo; Fujinuma, Kenji; Nishima, Taichiro; Kasai, Nobuhiko (Dep. Food Hyg. and Nutr., Tokyo Metrop. Res. Lab. Public Health, Tokyo 169, Japan). Eisei Kagaku, 37(2), 107-16 (English) 1991.

References URL: 

• http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?sid=135062062&viewopt=PubChem#itabs-3d
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040402001827216
• http://ci.nii.ac.jp/openurl/query?rfe_dat=ncid/AN00021540&rft.spage=107&rft.volume=37&rft.date=1991&rft.issue=2

Aspergillus Species known to produce this metabolite:

• /species/a-flavus

Date uploaded: 2008-07-07 13:09:19

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