trichothecene

trichothecene
tricho·the·cene .trik-ə-'thē-.sēn, tri-'käth-ə-.sēn n any of several mycotoxins that are produced by various fungi (as of the genera Fusarium and Trichothecium) and that include some contaminants of livestock feed and some held to be found in yellow rain

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tri·choth·e·cene (tri-kothґə-sēn) any of a group of mycotoxins found contaminating grain and other foods; those from species of Fusarium cause fusariotoxicosis and those from species of Stachybotrys cause stachybotryotoxicosis. The group includes deoxynivalenol, diacetoxyscirpenol, roridins, satratoxins, T-2 toxin, and verrucarins.

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  • trichothecene — tricho·the·cene …   English syllables

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