Sensibilidad de la piel de conejo a extractos de cultivo de Fusarium poae (Peck) Wollenweber. / [Sensitivity of the skin of the rabbit to extracts of a culture of Fusarium poae (Peck) Wollenweber]

ABSTRACT

Toxic metabolites from some Fusarium poae (Peck) Wollenweber strains can produced alimentary toxic aleukia in man. In order to establish the toxicity of a F. poae strain isolated in our country, a skin test was performed in a depilated area of the flank of non-pigmented skin and white hair rabbits. The toxicity of culture extracts, measured according to the intensity of the lesions, was evidenced by the cellular degenerative processes induced. Rats fed with the same fungus strain cultured on sterile corn developed internal haemorrhages.