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. 2022 Mar 3;14(3):188. doi: 10.3390/toxins14030188

Table 2.

Fatty acids and derivatives with activity in mycotoxin production.

Fatty Acids and Derivatives Target Fungi Mycotoxin Mycotoxin Production Variation Concentrations Tested Reference
myristic acid A. parasiticus Aflatoxin promoted production of AFL 5 mM Priyadarshini et al. (1980) [112]
palmitic acid promoted production of AFL
stearic acid promoted production of AFL
oleic acid inhibited production of AFL
linoleic acid inhibited production of AFL
linoleic acid peroxide A. parasiticus Aflatoxins increased by at least 5000% 0.5 mg/mL Fabbri et al. [120]
linoleic acid hydroperoxide increased by at least 3000%
lauric acid A. parasiticus Aflatoxins decreased by 10% to 45% 50 to 300 mM Tiwari et al. (1986) [116]
myristic acid decreased by 14% 300 mM
palmitic acid decreased by 11% to 76% 10 to 300 mM
docosanoic acid increased by 290% to 540% 10 to 150 mM
linoleic acid increased by 3400% 50 mM
linolenic acid increased by 1100% 10 mM
linoleic acid hydroperoxides A. flavus Aflatoxin promoted production of AFL non-specified Hamid and Smith (1987) [114]
stearic acid promoted production of AFL
linoleic acid inhibited production of AFL
9S-HPODE A. parasiticus Aflatoxins inhibited by ~30% 1to 100 μM Burow et al. (1997) [118]
13S-HPODE inhibited by ~40% 1 to 100 μM
13S-HPOTE Aflatoxin and NOR inhibited AFL by 100% and NOR by 90% 100 μM
13S-HPODE A. nidulans ST inhibited by 52% to 81% 1 to 100 μM
9S-HPODE A. flavus Aflatoxin increased production non-specified Wilson et al. [121]
methyl jasmonate A. parasiticus Aflatoxin promoted production 1 mM Vergopoulou et al. [122]
9S-HPODE A. flavus Aflatoxins increased production non-specified Tsitsigiannis et al. (2005) [119]
13S-HPODE inhibited production
methyl jasmonate A. parasiticus Aflatoxin 1 μM promoted AFL production and 10 mM totally inhibited AFL production 1 μM to 10 mM Meimaroglou et al. [123]
9-HODE F. graminearum DON promoted production non-specified Nobili et al. (2014) [124]
9-HPODE
stearic acid A. flavus Aflatoxins increased production 0.1, 0.75, and 1.25 mM Yan et al. (2015) [113]
linolenic acid inhibited production 1.25 and 5 mM
cis-jasmone A. flavus Aflatoxin inhibited production up to 30% 25 to 100 μM Orsoni et al. (2020) [117]
JTS inhibited by 55% to 100%
Jdi inhibited production up to 30%
JdiTS inhibited by 20% to 70%
JTS-Cu inhibited by 45% to 90%
JdiTS-Cu inhibited by 40% to 70%
cis-jasmone F. sporotrichioides HT-2 toxin no inhibition 5 to 25 μM
JTS inhibited by 40% to 75%
Jdi no inhibition
JdiTS inhibited by 25% to 75%