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. 1981 Oct;42(4):677–681. doi: 10.1128/aem.42.4.677-681.1981

Isolation of Citreoviridin from Penicillium charlesii Cultures and Molded Pecan Fragments

Richard J Cole 1, Joe W Dorner 1, Richard H Cox 2, Robert A Hill 3, Horace G Cluter 4, John M Wells 5
PMCID: PMC244082  PMID: 16345866

Abstract

The extraction and systematic fractionation of Penicillium charlesii Smith cultures and contaminated pecan fragments yielded the yellow mycotoxin citreoviridin. Citreoviridin proved acutely toxic to 1-day-old chickens, with an oral 50% lethal dose of 37.5 mg/kg, and showed plant growth inhibition in wheat coleoptiles even at concentrations as low as 10−4 M. It was toxic to corn seedlings but did not affect young tobacco seedlings.

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