Re: Inactivation of a cytochrome P-450

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Apparently from article there are differences amoung tricothecenes so

perhaps this may be why some researchers say ammonia denatures them

and some say bleach does, etc.

--- In , " tigerpaw2c " <tigerpaw2c@...>

wrote:

>

> Inactivation of a cytochrome P-450 is a determinant of trichothecene

> diversity in Fusarium species*1

>

> > Species of the genus Fusarium produce a great diversity of

> agriculturally important trichothecene toxins that differ from each

> other in their pattern of oxygenation and esterification. T-2 toxin,

> produced by Fusarium sporotrichioides, and nivalenol (NIV), produced

> by some strains of F. graminearum, contain an oxygen at the C-4

> position. Deoxynivalenol (DON), produced by other strains of F.

> graminearum, lacks a C-4 oxygen. NIV and DON are identical except

> for this