gliotoxin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the fungi species Gliocladium fimbriatum + toxin.
Noun
[edit]gliotoxin (plural gliotoxins)
- (toxicology) A mycotoxin, originally isolated from Albifimbria verrucaria (syn. Gliocladium fimbriatum), that causes apoptosis of certain cells.