Abstract
Soil fungi, including Aspergillus fischeri, Penicillium piceum, Penicillium nigricans, and Penicillium raistrickii, produced a tremorgenic toxin previously described as toxin X. Chemical analysis showed that this toxin was predominantly verruculogen.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Cole R. J., Kirksey J. W., Cox R. H., Clardy J. Structure of the tremor-producing indole, TR-2. J Agric Food Chem. 1975 Sep-Oct;23(5):1015–1018. doi: 10.1021/jf60201a017. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Cole R. J., Kirksey J. W., Moore J. H., Blankenship B. R., Diener U. L., Davis N. D. Tremorgenic toxin from Penicillium veruculosum. Appl Microbiol. 1972 Aug;24(2):248–250. doi: 10.1128/am.24.2.248-250.1972. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Fayos J., Lokensgard D., Clardy J., Cole R. J., Kirksey J. W. Letter: Structure of verruculogen, a tremor producing peroxide from Penicillium verruculosum. J Am Chem Soc. 1974 Oct 16;96(21):6785–6787. doi: 10.1021/ja00828a054. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Gallagher R. T., Latch G. C. Production of the Tremorgenic Mycotoxins Verruculogen and Fumitremorgin B by Penicillium piscarium Westling. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1977 Mar;33(3):730–731. doi: 10.1128/aem.33.3.730-731.1977. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Lanigan G. W., Payne A. L., Cockrum P. A. Production of tremorgenic toxins by Penicillium janthinellum Biourge: a possible aetiological factor in ryegrass staggers. Aust J Exp Biol Med Sci. 1979 Feb;57(1):31–37. doi: 10.1038/icb.1979.3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Patterson D. S., Roberts B. A., Shreeve B. J., MacDonald S. M., Hayes A. W. Tremorgenic toxins produced by soil fungi. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1979 Jan;37(1):172–173. doi: 10.1128/aem.37.1.172-173.1979. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Shreeve B. J., Patterson D. S., Roberts B. A., MacDonald S. M. The occurrence of soil-borne tremorgenic fungi in England and Wales. Vet Rec. 1979 Jun 2;104(22):509–509. doi: 10.1136/vr.104.22.509. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Shreeve B. J., Patterson D. S., Roberts B. A., MacDonald S. M., Wood E. N. Isolation of potentially tremorgenic fungi from pasture associated with a condition resembling ryegrass staggers. Vet Rec. 1978 Sep 2;103(10):209–210. doi: 10.1136/vr.103.10.209. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]