MYCOTOXIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mycotoxin mean? 

• MYCOTOXIN (noun)
  The noun MYCOTOXIN has 1 sense:

1. a toxin produced by a fungus

  Familiarity information: MYCOTOXIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYCOTOXIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A toxin produced by a fungus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("mycotoxin" is a kind of...):

phytotoxin; plant toxin (any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mycotoxin"):

aflatoxin (a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon)

 Context examples 

Mycotoxins are toxic, secondary metabolites of low molecular weight produced by naturally occurring fungi.

(Mycotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

A mycotoxin produced by Fusarium moniliforme.

(Fumonisin B1, NCI Thesaurus)

A trichothecene mycotoxin and potent teratogen.

(Anguidine, NCI Thesaurus)

A member of a group of mycotoxins produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus.

(Aflatoxin B1, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of closely related toxic metabolites that are designated mycotoxins.

(Aflatoxin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The mycotoxin requires epoxidation to aflatoxin B1 2,3-oxide for activation.

(Aflatoxin B1, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A cyclic hexadepsipeptide antibiotic and mycotoxin isolated from the fungus Beauveria bassiana and various Fusarium fungal species.

(Beauvericin, NCI Thesaurus)

Ochratoxin A is a widespread, naturally occurring mycotoxin that is produced by some fungi, especially by Aspergillus and Penicillium, and is a very common food contaminant found on grains, coffee beans, nuts, decaying vegetation, moldy cereals and animal feeds.

(Ochratoxin A, NCI Thesaurus)

Mycotoxins are neither infectious nor contagious, but can occur on a herd-wide basis.

(Mycotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

A potent hepatotoxic and hepatocarcinogenic mycotoxin produced by the Aspergillus flavus group of fungi.

(Aflatoxin B1, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)