Cord Factors

Cord Factor; Trehalose-6,6'-Dimycolate; Dimycolates, Trehalose; Factor, Cord; Factors, Cord; Trehalose 6,6' Dimycolate
Toxic glycolipids composed of trehalose dimycolate derivatives. They are produced by MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS and other species of MYCOBACTERIUM. They induce cellular dysfunction in animals.