Mycotoxin from a blue-eye mold of corn.
High-moisture yellow dent corn became heavily molded by Penicillium martensii after storage for 6 months at 1 C. Mice ingesting corn molded by P. martensii died within a few days. The toxin was isolated and identified as penicillic acid. Large quantities of the toxin accumulated over a 3-month period on artificially inoculated corn incubated at temperatures between 1 and 15 C. At higher temperatures, the toxin disappeared within 45 days.
D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D046508:Culture Techniques; D005470:Fluorometry; D005516:Food Microbiology; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000633:toxicity; D010406:Penicillins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000633:toxicity; D010407:Penicillium / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D010935:Plant Diseases; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013696:Temperature; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D003313:Zea mays
D009183:Mycotoxins; D010406:Penicillins