"Fumonisins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of MYCOTOXINS found in CORN contaminated with FUSARIUM fungus. They are chains of about 20 carbons with acidic ester, acetylamino and sometimes other substituents. They inhibit ceramide synthetase conversion of SPHINGOLIPIDS to CERAMIDES.
| Descriptor ID |
D037341
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.326.146.432 D23.946.587.385
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fumonisins" by people in Profiles.
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Investigations into the etiology of neural tube defects. Birth Defects Res C Embryo Today. 2004 Dec; 72(4):330-44.
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Cytotoxic effects of sphingolipids as single or multi-modality agents on human melanoma and soft tissue sarcoma in vitro. Melanoma Res. 1998 Jun; 8(3):227-39.