ochratoxin
/ˈəʊkrətɒksɪn/Microbiology
noun
Any of a series of mycotoxins which are produced by various moulds of the genera Aspergillus and Penicillium and are derivatives of l-phenylalanine and a compound related to coumarin; especially ochratoxin A, produced chiefly by A. ochraceus and having the empirical formula C20H18ClNO6.
Origin
1960s. From scientific Latin ochra- + toxin.