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A Lung Oedema Factor from Mouldy Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea batatas)

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WE have already described the toxic properties of sweet potato tubers infected with common moulds1,2. The toxic properties are not directly attributable to the fungi because poisons were not found when the organisms were grown in autoclaved sweet potato slurry. The experimental infection of viable sweet potato slices or of the intact tubers nevertheless resulted in the production of many furanoterpenoid compounds, some of which are markedly toxic for laboratory and commercial animals.

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  1. T. M. HARRIS

    Present address: Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University,

  2. D. T. C. YANG

    Present address: Chemistry Department, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas

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  1. Division of Toxicology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37203

    B. J. WILSON, M. R. BOYD, T. M. HARRIS & D. T. C. YANG

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WILSON, B., BOYD, M., HARRIS, T. et al. A Lung Oedema Factor from Mouldy Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea batatas). Nature 231, 52–53 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/231052a0

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