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ALX-350-017 Revised 22-Apr-08
Fumonisin B1
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PRODUCT LINE Natural Products / Antibiotics
PRODUCT CATEGORY Natural Products - Other Tumor Promoters
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ALX-350-017-M001   1 mg 60.00 USD Add To Cart
ALX-350-017-M005   5 mg 245.00 USD Add To Cart
Product Specification
FORMULA: C34H59NO15
MW: 721.8
CAS NUMBER: 116355-83-0
MERCK INDEX: 14: 4289
RTECS: TZ8350000
SOURCE/HOST: Isolated from Fusarium moniliforme.
PURITY: ~98% (TLC)
APPEARANCE: White to off-white powder.
SOLUBILITY: Soluble in water, methanol, DMSO or acetonitrile.
SHIPPING: AMBIENT
LONG TERM STORAGE: -20°C
HAZARD: MAY BE CARCINOGENIC. MAY BE MUTAGENIC. MAY BE TERATOGENIC. HARMFUL.

Product Description
Mycotoxin. Induces DNA damage in the liver and cancer. Inhibitor of sphingosine biosynthesis. Induces apoptosis. Activates Akt (protein kinase B; PKB), which leads to increased survival, inhibition of GSK-3β activity and post-translational stabilization of cyclin D1.
Product Specific Literature References
Inhibition of sphingolipid biosynthesis by fumonisins. Implications for diseases associated with Fusarium moniliforme: E. Wang, et al.; J. Biol. Chem. 266, 14486 (1991) Abstract; Full Text
Fumonisin B1 inhibits sphingosine (sphinganine) N-acyltransferase and de novo sphingolipid biosynthesis in cultured neurons in situ: A.H. Merrill Jr., et al.; J. Biol. Chem. 268, 27299 (1993) Abstract; Full Text
Biological activities of fumonisins, mycotoxins from Fusarium moniliforme, in jimsonweed (Datura stramonium L.) and mammalian cell cultures: H.K. Abbas, et al.; Toxicon 31, 345 (1993) Abstract
Fumonisins and Alternaria alternata lycopersici toxins: sphinganine analog mycotoxins induce apoptosis in monkey kidney cells: H. Wang, et al.; PNAS 93, 3461 (1996) Abstract
A potential mechanism for fumonisin B(1)-mediated hepatocarcinogenesis: cyclin D1 stabilization associated with activation of Akt and inhibition of GSK-3beta activity: D. Ramljak, et al.; Carcinogenesis 21, 1537 (2000) Abstract
Implications of apoptosis for toxicity, carcinogenicity, and risk assessment: fumonisin B(1) as an example: Y.P. Dragan, et al.; Toxicol. Sci. 61, 6 (2001), Review Abstract
Fumonisin B(1): oxidative status and DNA damage in rats: A.M. Domijan, et al.; Toxicology 232, 163 (2007) Abstract
Further Categories Containing This Product:
Akt [PKB] / Related Products • Carcinogens & Tumor Promoters Other Products • Sphingolipids & Glycosphingolipids Other Products • Mycotoxins • DNA Damage & Repair Other Products • Natural Products - Apoptosis Inducers & Inhibitors
 
 
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