PHYSICOCHEMICAL DATA FOR SOME SELECTED FUSARIUM TOXINS

Fusarium toxins are a major group of secondary metabolites, produced b y several species, that may contaminate food cereals and animal feeds, We describe results of a study in which a number of physicochemical c onstants for 12 important Fusarium mycotoxins (zearalenone, diacetoxys cirpenol, T-2 toxin, neosolaniol monoacetate, deoxynivalenol, nivaleno l, fumonisin B-1, fumonisin B-2, moniliformin, fusarenon-X, HT-2 toxin , and beta-zearalenol) were determined, Nuclear magnetic resonance, ma ss spectrometric, UV spectral, molar absorption coefficients, fluoresc ence spectra, melting points, and specific rotation data are presented .