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Identification and health impact of a new territrem (tremorgenic mycotoxin) of A. terreus 23-1 | |
Author | Peng, Fu-chuo |
Call Number | AIT Thesis no. EV-84-8 |
Subject(s) | Mycotoxins--Physiological effect |
Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
Abstract | The procedures of isolation and purification of B' were found to be similar to those of TRD. B' was highly soluble in chloroform and less soluble in n-hexane. These satisfies the use of chloroform as an extractant and a-hexane as a precipitant. The chloroform:acetone solvent system for clean-up step was also the same as for TRB. As the benzene-ehtylacetate was shown to be the best system for separating TRA and TRB, the same solvent system, benzene-ehtylacetate (50 :5 V/V) could be effectively used to separate TRB and B'. B' has a maximal UV absorption at 219 nm and 331 nm which are similar to those of TRB but B' of E219/E331 is 1.68 which is lower than that of TBB. The eleven protons of aryl moiety of TRB including three methoxyl Ar-OCH3 and two Ar-H2 were also found in PMR of B'. One proton of C(B) of TRB was equivalent of one proton of B'. IR at 1967 cm-1 in B' as well as in TRB is typical for conjugated Ketone carbonyl group. IR at 1127cm-1 in B' demonstrated the presence of c-o-c stretching. A series of fragment ions of TRB such as m/e 195, 2·10, 237, 278, 291 and 345 were also found in B'. 'file results were interpreted that B'· has similar structure of A, B, and C ring as TRB. From high resolution mass spectrum analysis shown that the molecular composition of B' was c,. H34 O10 while that of TRB was C 29 H34 O9. Thus the difference of the molecular composition of these two compounds was 16 (0). However, the exact structure of B'· should be studied with the X-ray crystallography. Although 1 mg up to 2 mg of B' did not induce tremors or other symptoms in mice by 1.p. injection. B' could augment twitch tension of mice phrenic nerve-·diaphragm preparation by indirect stimulation at the concentration of 3 pg/mL. The activity is approximately 1/750 of TRB. No cytotoxicity was observed in sister chromatid exchange __ in Chi11ese hamster ovaries cells culture in vivo at the concentration of 100 mM, and no mutagenicity was found from the sister chromatid exchange test. and Ames' test. |
Year | 1984 |
Type | Thesis |
School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
Academic Program/FoS | Environmental Engineering and Management (EV) |
Chairperson(s) | Chongrak Polprasert |
Examination Committee(s) | I, Fude ;Samorn Muttamara |
Scholarship Donor(s) | Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft |
Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1984 |