King A Douglas, Schade John E
Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Berkeley, California 94710.
J Food Prot. 1984 Nov;47(11):886-901. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X-47.11.886.
Members of the genus Alternaria are known to produce compounds that are pathogenic to plants and other test organisms, including animals. Of the more than 30 compounds produced, tenuazonic acid, alternariol, alternariol methyl ether and altertoxin I are the most toxic to animals. These toxic compounds have been isolated from diseased plant tissue and could be a problem with foods, although only tenuazonic acid has been isolated in small amounts from wholesome foods. A number of Alternaria spp. can produce these compounds and some species produce many of the compounds. Growth conditions under which the compounds are produced are not well-defined; generally the optimum temperature for their production is near 20°C.
链格孢属的成员已知会产生对植物和其他测试生物（包括动物）致病的化合物。在已产生的30多种化合物中，细交链孢菌酮酸、交链孢酚、交链孢酚单甲醚和互隔交链孢酚毒素I对动物毒性最大。这些有毒化合物已从患病植物组织中分离出来，可能会给食品带来问题，尽管仅在健康食品中少量分离出细交链孢菌酮酸。许多链格孢菌种都能产生这些化合物，有些菌种能产生其中的多种化合物。产生这些化合物的生长条件尚不明确；一般来说，产生这些化合物的最适温度接近20°C。
