Lipotoxins

Double bonds are present in all PUFAs. As a consequence epoxides of linoleic and linolenic acid are formed by injury of plant tissue (see Scheme 16). For instance epoxides of linoleic and linolenic acid were detected in rice plants after infection with the rice blast fungus [237,238]. These epoxides turned out to be highly toxic and were therefore called lipotoxins . 

Damron FH, Napper J, Teter MA, et al. Lipotoxin F of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an AlgU-dependent and alginate-independent outer membrane protein involved in resistance to oxidative stress and adhesion to A549 human lung epithelia. Microbiology. 2009 155 1028-38. doi 10.1099/mic.0.025833-0. 

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