Synonym(s)
5-butylpicolinic acid; 5-Butylpyridine-2-carboxylic acid; 5-n-butylpicolinic acid; 5-n-butyl-pyridine-2-carboxylic acid; CAS number: 536-69-6; fusaric acid; Fusaric acid
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Teijiro Yabuta, 1934
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Mycotoxin (mould toxin) with the molecular formula: C10H13NO2. The mycogenic metabolic product is formed by the mould Fusarium heterosporum and belongs to the family of Fusarium toxins.
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Fusarin acid has an immunotoxic effect and leads to MAPK activation in mononuclear blood cells (Dhani S et al. 2017). It has an inhibitory effect on dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (enzyme that converts dopamine to norepinephrine), has an antihypertensive effect. Synergistic effects with other mycotoxins are possible, e.g. with deoxynivalenol (DON).
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- Dhani S et al (2017) Fusaric acid immunotoxicity and MAPK activation in normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells and Thp-1 cells.Sci Rep7:3051
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer