Recent Advances in Alternaria Phytotoxins: A Review of Their Occurrence, Structure, Bioactivity, and Biosynthesis

H Wang, Y Guo, Z Luo, L Gao, R Li, Y Zhang, HM Kalaji… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alternaria is a ubiquitous fungal genus in many ecosystems, consisting of species and
strains that can be saprophytic, endophytic, or pathogenic to plants or animals, including …

[HTML][HTML] Alternaria host-specific (HSTs) toxins: An overview of chemical characterization, target sites, regulation and their toxic effects

M Meena, S Samal - Toxicology reports, 2019 - Elsevier
Alternaria causes pathogenic disease on various economically important crops having
saprophytic to endophytic lifecycle. Pathogenic fungi of Alternaria species produce many …

Alternaria Toxins: Potential Virulence Factors and Genes Related to Pathogenesis

M Meena, SK Gupta, P Swapnil, A Zehra… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Alternaria is an important fungus to study due to their different life style from saprophytes to
endophytes and a very successful fungal pathogen that causes diseases to a number of …

Host-selective toxins produced by the plant pathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata

T Tsuge, Y Harimoto, K Akimitsu… - FEMS microbiology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Host-selective toxins (HSTs) produced by fungal plant pathogens are generally low-
molecular-weight secondary metabolites with a diverse range of structures that function as …

Alternaria toxins and plant diseases: an overview of origin, occurrence and risks

A Logrieco, A Moretti… - World Mycotoxin …, 2009 - wageningenacademic.com
The genus Alternaria includes both plant-pathogenic and saprophytic species, which may
affect crops in the field or cause harvest and postharvest decay of plant products. The …

Mycotoxins from Alternaria: toxicological implications

C Dall'Asta, M Cirlini, C Falavigna - Advances in molecular toxicology, 2014 - Elsevier
Alternaria toxins are mycotoxins produced by Alternaria species. These fungi cause serious
diseases in many crops such as cereals, oil seeds, and fruits. More than 70 Alternaria toxins …

Isolation, characterization and toxicological potential of Alternaria-mycotoxins (TeA, AOH and AME) in different Alternaria species from various regions of India

M Meena, P Swapnil, RS Upadhyay - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Alternaria species produce various sorts of toxic metabolites during their active growth and
causes severe diseases in many plants by limiting their productivity. These toxic metabolites …

At death's door: Alternaria pathogenicity mechanisms

CB Lawrence, TK Mitchell, KD Craven… - The Plant Pathology …, 2008 - koreascience.kr
The fungal genus Alternaria is comprised of many saprophytic and endophytic species, but
is most well known as containing many notoriously destructive plant pathogens. There are …

Alternaria species and their associated mycotoxins

VEF Pinto, A Patriarca - Mycotoxigenic Fungi: Methods and Protocols, 2017 - Springer
The genus Alternaria includes more than 250 species. The traditional methods for
identification of Alternaria species are based on morphological characteristics of the …

Bioavailability, metabolism, and excretion of a complex Alternaria culture extract versus altertoxin II: a comparative study in rats

H Puntscher, G Aichinger, S Grabher, E Attakpah… - Archives of …, 2019 - Springer
Despite the frequent infection of agricultural crops by Alternaria spp., their toxic secondary
metabolites and potential food contaminants lack comprehensive metabolic …