Recent Investigations of Ergot Alkaloids Incorporated into Plant and/or Animal Systems

• Autor principal: James Levi Klotz (auth)
• Otros Autores: Darrin Smith (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Colección: Frontiers Research Topics
• Materias: Chemistry; Toxicosis; fungus; Animal science; Ergot Alkaloids; Ergotism; plant science
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Ergot alkaloids produced by fungi have a basic chemical structure but different chemical moieties at substituent sites result in various forms of alkaloids that are distinguishable from one another. Since the ergoline ring structure found in ergot alkaloids is similar to that of biogenic amines (neu...