Oxalic acid

ID 2: 402

Toxin: n

Trivial name:

Ethanedioic acid; Oxalic acid (8CI); Aktisal; Aquisal; DeerClean; NSC 132055; NSC 151956; NSC 62774; NSC 76990; Ultraplast Activate S 52

Molecular formulae: 

C₂H₂O₄

Molecular weight: 90.03

Chemical abstract number: 144-62-7

Literature reference:

• Significance of oxalic acid. Molliard, M. Comptes Rendus des Seances de la Societe de Biologie et de Ses Filiales (1919), 82, 351-3.
  Mechanism of oxalic acid formation by Aspergillus niger. Raistrick, Harold; Clark, A. B. Biochemical Journal (1919), 13, 329-44.
  Fermentation products of mold fungi, IV, Aspergillus glaucus. I. Sumiki, Yusuke. Bulletin of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan (1929), 5, 10-13.
  Studies in the biochemistry of micro-organisms. LXXIII. Metabolic products of Aspergillus fumigatus Fresenius. Birkinshaw, J. H.; Bracken, A.; Raistrick, H. Biochemical Journal (1945), 39, 70-2.
  Variation of Aspergillus oryzae. VIII. The variation induced by chemicals. 2. Yamagata, Kei; Oda, Masao; Ando, Takao. Hakko Kogaku Zasshi (1955), 33, 426-9.
  Metabolic products of Aspergillus chevalieri. II. Kitamura, Jiro; Arai, Sachiko; Okada, Takako. Gifu Yakka Daigaku Kiyo (1956), No. 6, 70-1.
  Oxalate formation in moldy feedstuffs as a possible factor in livestock toxic disease. Wilson, Benjamin J.; Wilson, Christian H. American Journal of Veterinary Research (1961)22, 961-9.
  Carbon metabolism and morphogenesis of Aspergillus fonsecaeus. I. Glucose utilization. Deshpande, K. B.; Desphande, D. S. Enzymologia (1966), 30(3), 206-14.
  Oxalic acid content of healthy and infected citrus fruits in Nigeria. Ikotun, T.; Faboya, O.; Umoh, S. O. Nahrung (1988), 32(4), 335-41.
  Zymological properties of foxtail millet wine-making by isolated strains from Nuruk. Yu, Cheol-Hun; Hong, Sung-Yeun; Koh, Jeong-Sam. Han’guk Nonghwa Hakhoechi (2002), 45(3), 138-144.

References URL: 

• http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/971
• http://www.biochemj.org/
• https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bbb1924/5/1-5/5_1-5_10/_article
• http://www.biochemj.org/
• http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/food.19880320407/abstract

Aspergillus Species known to produce this metabolite:

• /species/sterigmatocystis-nigra
• /species/a-niger
• /species/a-glaucus
• /species/a-fumigatus
• /species/a-oryzae
• /species/a-luchuensis
• /species/a-fonsecaeus
• /species/a-aculeatus
• /species/a-chevalieri
• /species/a-usamii

Date uploaded: 2008-07-14 09:47:52

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