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. 1976 Sep;32(3):441–442. doi: 10.1128/aem.32.3.441-442.1976

Tremorgenic Mycotoxin from Penicillium paraherquei

Takumi Yoshizawa *, Nobuichi Morooka , Yuzuru Sawada , Shun-Ichi Udagawa
PMCID: PMC170086  PMID: 984820

Abstract

A tremorgenic mycotoxin was isolated from Penicillium paraherquei Abe ex G. Smith and identified as verruculogen. It was produced at the rate of approximately 1 mg/g of the dried fungal mycelium cultured on peptone-enriched Czapek-Dox medium at 28°C.

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