Zearalenone is a mycotoxin that has been found in Fusarium and has estrogenic activities. It binds to human estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) and ERbeta (IC50s = 9 and 5.8 nM, respectively). Zearalenone induces precocious development of mammary tissues in young female pigs and prepucial enlargement in young male...

Isolated from Fusarium graminearum. Resorcylic acid lactone. Mycotoxin. Regulator of fungal morphogenesis. Mycoestrogen with anabolic and uterotrophic activity. Ecdysteroid antagonist. Gonadotropin inhibitor. Interleukin antagonist. Apoptosis inducer. Analytical standard in food industry.

Zearalenone is a phenolic resorcyclic acid lactone and can be produced by a number of species of Fusarium known to colonize cereals. Zearalenone (6-[10-hydroxy-6-oxo-trans-1-undecenyl]-b-resorcyclic acid lactone), also known as F-2 toxin, is an estrogenic mycotoxin that is produced by Fusarium graminearum. This...

An estrogenic mycotoxin produced by genus Fusarium found in cerea grains. Zearalenone induced apoptosis and proliferation in granusola cells from cycling mare ovaries.