title: Further toxic properties of the fungal metabolite dothistromin.
abstract: The toxicity of the fungal phytotoxin dothistromin (l) to microorganisms, its lysis of human red blood corpuscles and beetroot tissue, and its unexpectedly selective inhibition of radicle elongation for Trigonella foenum-graecum were strongly light-dependent. Dothistromin was also toxic to Artemia salina but without requiring light activation. It was not active as a wilt or necrosis toxin, possible because of its ready adsorption onto external plant tissue.
authors.affiliation: Agriculture Canada, London Research Centre, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stoessl
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Abramowski
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Rock
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Towers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000880:Anthraquinones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D001156:Artemia; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects*; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D010944:Plants; D012908:Snails
chemical_list: D000880:Anthraquinones; D009183:Mycotoxins; C042735:dothistromin