5-Acetamido-butenolide

Article number:

5500171

CAS No.:

16275-44-8

Formula:

C6H7NO3

Synonyms:

Butenolide; Acetamide, N-(2,5-dihydro-5-oxo-2-furyl)- (8CI); Acetamide, N-(2,5-dihydro-5-oxo-2-furanyl)-; 2(5H)-Furanone, 5-acetamido-; N-(5-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuran-2-yl)acetamide

Molecular weight:

141,13 g/mol

Butenolide is a mycotoxin found in various species of fungi of the genus Fusarium. It can often be found in contaminated agricultural products. Butenolide had been implicated as the causative agent of a livestock mycotoxicosis called “fescue foot”, a peripheral vascular disorder occurring in cattle grazing on tall fescue grass.peripheral vascular disorder occurring in cattle grazing on tall fescue grass.

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