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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. chemical compounds
  3. organic compounds
  4. esters
  5. lactones
  6. zearalenone
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organic compounds
  3. heterocyclic compounds
  4. heterocyclic oxygen compounds
  5. lactones
  6. zearalenone
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. toxic substances
  3. toxins
  4. microbial toxins
  5. mycotoxins
  6. zearalenone
  1. Fields of Study
  2. toxic substances
  3. toxins
  4. microbial toxins
  5. mycotoxins
  6. zearalenone
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. toxic substances
  3. toxins
  4. microbial toxins
  5. mycotoxins
  6. zearalenone
  1. Fields of Study
  2. toxic substances
  3. toxins
  4. microbial toxins
  5. mycotoxins
  6. zearalenone
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. toxic substances
  3. toxins
  4. microbial toxins
  5. mycotoxins
  6. zearalenone

Preferred term

zearalenone

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information (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.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2015

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • cis-zearalenone
  • F-2 toxin
  • F2 toxin

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/48951

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