Le Bars J, Oswald E, Le Bars P, Bonnefoi M, Bezille P, Braun J P
Station de Pharmacologie-Toxicologie INRA B.P.3, Toulouse, France.
Food Addit Contam. 1990;7 Suppl 1:S19-21. doi: 10.1080/02652039009373837.
Facial eczema is a hepatogenous photosensitivity mycotoxicosis resulting from sporidesmin ingestion. The morphological characters of toxigenic strains of P. chartarum are reported and the effect of temperature on growth and mycotoxin production are studied. The temperature range for which there is an actual risk of toxin accumulation (20-25 degrees C) is much narrower than for an appreciable growth (5-30 degrees C).
