aflatoxin M2

ID 2: 67

Toxin: n

Systematic name:

Cyclopenta[c]furo[3′,2′:4,5]furo[2,3-h][1]benzopyran-1,11-dione, 2,3,6a,8,9,9a-hexahydro-9a-hydroxy-4-methoxy-

Molecular formulae: 

C₁₇H₁₄O₇

Molecular weight: 330

Chemical abstract number: 6885-57-0

Literature reference:

• Production of aflatoxins and aflatoxicols by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus and metabolism of aflatoxin B1 by aflatoxin-​nonproducing Aspergillus flavus. Nakazato, Mitsuo; Morozumi, Satoshi; Saito, Kazuo; Fujinuma, Kenji; Nishima, Taichiro; Kasai, Nobuhiko (Dep. Food Hyg. and Nutr., Tokyo Metrop. Res. Lab. Public Health, Tokyo 169, Japan). Eisei Kagaku, 37(2), 107-16 (English) 1991.

References URL: 

• http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/substance/125767624
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040402001827216
• http://ci.nii.ac.jp/openurl/query?rfe_dat=ncid/AN00021540&rft.spage=107&rft.volume=37&rft.date=1991&rft.issue=2

Aspergillus Species known to produce this metabolite:

• /species/a-flavus

Date uploaded: 2008-07-07 13:01:54

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