Zearalenone
"Zearalenone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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(S-(E))-3,4,5,6,8,10-Hexahydro-14,16-dihydroxy-3-methyl-1H-2-benzoxacyclotetradecin-1,7(8H)-dione. One of a group of compounds known under the general designation of resorcylic acid lactones. Cis, trans, dextro and levo forms have been isolated from the fungus Gibberella zeae (formerly Fusarium graminearum). They have estrogenic activity, cause toxicity in livestock as feed contaminant, and have been used as anabolic or estrogen substitutes.
| Descriptor ID |
D015025
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.389.657.852.900 D02.540.950 D23.946.587.989
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| Concept/Terms |
Zearalenone- Zearalenone
- F2 Toxin
- Toxin, F2
- F-2 Toxin
- F 2 Toxin
- Toxin, F-2
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