Description
A mycotoxin and an active metabolite of ochratoxin C; increases renal lipid peroxide levels and the number of apoptotic cells, as well as reduces renal SOD activity in rats at 120 µg/kg; topical application induces DNA damage, cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase, and apoptosis in mouse skin cells; initiates tumor formation in a two-stage mouse skin tumorigenesis model; has been found in food products and poultry feed