Description: Sterigmatocystine is an inhibitor of G1 Phase and DNA synthesis and is used to inhibit p21 activity. Sterigmatocystine is a precursor of aflatoxins and a mycotoxin produced by common mold strains from Aspergillus versicolor. Target: Others. Smiles:...

Sterigmatocystin is a mycotoxin that has been found in Aspergillus. It is lethal to rats (LD50 = 60 mg/kg) and chick embryos (LD50s = 5-7 µg/embryo). Sterigmatocystin (100 and 1,000 ppb in drinking water) induces gastritis, as well as intestinal polyp formation and metaplasia in aged Mongolian gerbils. It induces...

Isolated from Aspergillus sp. (strain WDMH51). Soluble in DMSO, ethanol, methanol, pyridine or acetone. Intermediate of the biosynthetic pathway to aflatoxin B1. Mycotoxin. DNA synthesis inhibitor. Anticancer compound. Cytotoxic, carcinogenic and mutagenic. Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase 2 (ACAT2) inhibitor....

Mycotoxin produced by strains of the common molds. Induces sister chromatid exchanges in bone marrow cells of mice. It causes necrosis of the liver and kidney and has an inhibitory effect on orotic acid incorporation into nuclear RNA.

Sterigmatocystin is a xanthone isolated by a number of groups in the 1950s as a mycotoxin produced by several species of Aspergillus associated with food and grain contamination. Sterigmatocystin is structurally related to the aflatoxins and while it is considered to be mutagenic, teratogenic and carcinogenic, it is...