gliotoxin

English

Etymology

From the fungi species Gliocladium fimbriatum + toxin

Noun

gliotoxin (plural gliotoxins)

  1. (toxicology) A mycotoxin, originally isolated from Gliocladium fimbriatum, that causes apoptosis of certain cells

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