AFLATOXIN PRODUCTION INHIBITOR, AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF AFLATOXIN POISONING USING THE SAME

摘要

Disclosed are: an aflatoxin production inhibitor which can inhibit the production of aflatoxin specifically and effectively and is highly safe and practically useful; a process for producing the inhibitor with good efficiency; and a method for controlling the aflatoxin poisoning using the aflatoxin production inhibitor. An aflatoxin production inhibitor comprising at least one of a dioctane represented by the structural formula (I): (I) wherein R represents a hydrogen or a methyl group, and a derivative thereof as an active ingredient; a process for preparing an aflatoxin production inhibitor by culturing a dioctane-producing bacterium and then performing a method for separation/purification of the aflatoxin production inhibitor from a culture by centrifugal liquid-liquid partition chromatography or by chemical synthesis; and a method for controlling the aflatoxin poisoning comprising inhibiting the production of aflatoxin by an aflatoxin-producing bacterium using the aflatoxin production inhibitor.