trichothecenes

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006518",
  "term": "trichothecenes",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "epoxytrichothecenes"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "sesquiterpenoids",
    "macrocyclic compounds",
    "mycotoxins",
    "acetyldeoxynivalenols",
    "deoxynivalenol",
    "diacetoxyscirpenol",
    "fusarenon-X",
    "T-2 toxin",
    "HT-2 toxin",
    "neosolaniol",
    "nivalenol",
    "roridins",
    "trichodermin"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2014",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "tricotecenos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/trichothecenes/"
}