"Trichothecenes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Usually 12,13-epoxytrichothecenes, produced by Fusaria, Stachybotrys, Trichoderma and other fungi, and some higher plants. They may contaminate food or feed grains, induce emesis and hemorrhage in lungs and brain, and damage bone marrow due to protein and DNA synthesis inhibition.
| Descriptor ID |
D014255
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.849.765.850 D04.345.891 D23.946.587.933
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