Tremorgenic mycotoxin from Penicillium paraherquei.
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 degrees C.
D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000633:toxicity; D010407:Penicillium / Q000378:metabolism*; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D014202:Tremor / Q000139:chemically induced
D009183:Mycotoxins