Zearalanone is a minor component of the zearalenone complex produced by several species of Fusarium. Like the more abundant analogues, zearalanone causes estrogenic effects in domestic livestock. Zearalanone is a metabolite of α-zearalanol, a commercially available growth promotant in animals, and is a useful standard for detection of zearanol-contaminated products and Fusarium-contaminated grains.
Zearalanone is soluble in ethanol, methanol, DMF or DMSO. Zearalanone has limited water solubility.
Zearalanone is soluble in ethanol, methanol, DMF or DMSO. Zearalanone has limited water solubility.
| References | Metabolism of zearalenone by Fusarium roseum graminearum. Steele J.A. et al. J. Agr. Food Chem. 1976, 24, 89.
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