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The aflatoxinogenesis of Aspergillus parasiticus is significantly enhanced by the presence, in the medium, of sterigmatocystin at a high level (35–50 μg/ml); low concentrations, in the order of 175 μg/ml, have no effect on the production of aflatoxins. During the period where the aflatoxinogenesis of the culture is high, no variation of the sterigmatocystin level is noted. Experiments with 14C-sterigmatocystin indicate that the mold does not utilize the metabolite itself as a precursor of aflatoxins.
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Lafont, P., Debeaupuis, J.P. Effet de la sterigmatocystine sur la toxinogenese d'aspergillus du groupe flavus. Mycopathologia 69, 187–192 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00452833
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