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A Review on Tenuazonic Acid, a Toxic Produced by Alternaria

WU Chun-sheng, MA Liang, JIANG Tao, JIANG Li-yan, DAI Fang-fang, ZHANG Yu-hao   

  1. 1. College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; 2. Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment
    for Agro-products on Storage and Preservations (Chongqing), Ministry of Agriculture, Chongqing 400715, China; 3. Chongqing
    Special Food Engineering and Technology Research Center, Chongqing 400715, China
  • Online:2014-10-15 Published:2014-10-17

Abstract:

Fungi from the genus Alternaria are ubiquitous pathogens and saprophytes. Many species of the genus Alternaria commonly cause spoilage of various food crops in the field or post-harvest decay. Tenuazonic acid is one of the mostimportant Alternaria toxins. The paper summarizes the natural occurrence, chemical characterization, production, toxicity,and analytical methods of tenuazoinc acid. Future research directions are also discussed.

Key words: Alternaria, Alternaria toxins, tenuazonic acid

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