Parasiticol

ID 2: 404

Toxin: n

Trivial name:

Aflatoxin B3; Parasiticol

Systematic name:

2H-​Furo[3′,​2′:4,​5]​furo[2,​3-​h]​-​1-​benzopyran-​2-​one, 7a,​10a-​dihydro-​4-​(2-​hydroxyethyl)​-​5-​methoxy-

Molecular formulae: 

C₁₆H₁₄O₆

Molecular weight: 302.28

Chemical abstract number: 23315-33-5

Literature reference:

• Metabolites of Aspergillus flavus. Heathcote, John G.; Dutton, M. F. Tetrahedron (1969), 25(7), 1497-500.
  Parasiticol: new metabolite from Aspergillus parasiticus. Stubblefield, Robert D.; Shotwell, Odette L.; Shannon, Gail M.; Weisleder, David; Rohwedder, William K. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (1970), 18(3), 391-3.
  Carbon-​13 nuclear magnetic resonance studies of fungal metabolites, aflatoxins, and sterigmatocystins. Cox, Richard H.; Cole, Richard J. Journal of Organic Chemistry (1977), 42(1), 112-14.

References URL: 

• http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/substance/135048725
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040402001827216
• http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jf60169a025?source=chemport&cookieSet=1&cookieSet=1&cookieSet=1&cookieSet=1
• http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jo00421a022?source=chemport&cookieSet=1&cookieSet=1&cookieSet=1&cookieSet=1

Aspergillus Species known to produce this metabolite:

• /species/a-flavus
• /species/a-parasiticus
• /species/a-versicolor

Date uploaded: 2008-07-14 09:51:33

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