| 摘要 |
Methods and compositions are provided for controlling the level of toxic metabolites in plants before, during and/or after harvest and/or processing. The invention finds use for reducing the health risk associated with the consumption products such as tobacco, cereal grain feeds, processed grain products such as corn syrup, citrus fruits, underground vegetables, fruit vegetables, flower, leafy and stem vegetables, and cut flowers, and for improving laboratory animal testing procedures by controlling the level of mycotoxins associated with the materials that colonize toxin producing microorganisms. Compositions for controlling mycotoxin-producing fungi comprise cinnemaic aldehyde, conferyl aldehyde or derivatives thereof having formula (I) wherein R1 represents -CHO, R2 represents -OH or an organic substituent comprising 1-10 carbon atoms, R3 represents -OCH3 or an organic substituent comprising 1-10 carbon atoms and R4 represents -H or an organic substituent comprising 1-10 carbon atoms. |
