Ergot is a fungal pathogen that infects cereal crops during the flowering period. It causes hard, dark ergots to develop in ...

Learn about ergot alkaloids for migraine: What they are, how they work, and when you shouldn’t take them.

Though ergot is dangerous, it has certain chemicals that are used to make prescription medicine. What Are the Symptoms of Ergotism? Symptoms may begin within an hour of ergot poisoning. They can ...

New guidance to tackle toxic ergot in UK cereals aims to protect grain quality, cut food waste, and safeguard public health, ...

CLAVET, Sask. — Ergot is increasingly creeping into cereals in Western Canada, as well as into cattle feed. If grain has been contaminated by the fungus, it will be refused for human consumption and ...

Morning glories live in symbiosis with the fungi that produce the same ergot alkaloids. While studying the alkaloids’ dispersal on the morning glories in the lab, Hazel saw evidence of a fungus.

Ergot alkaloids were found throughout the plants. They are even present in the roots, where there was no evidence of P. clandestina DNA.

A comprehensive review of ergot management evidence has strengthened AHDB's guidance to help UK farmers reduce disease pressure, limit crop infection and keep clean grain clean. The ADAS-led review ...

Making a discovery with the potential for innovative applications in pharmaceutical development, a West Virginia University microbiology student has found a long sought-after fungus that produces ...

Enzymes, the core catalysts in life, drive critical biological processes ranging from metabolic regulation to energy conversion. Evolved over billions of years, these versatile molecular machines not ...

Really, LSD was just an unremarkable side product of his main research developing a respiratory and circulatory drug derived from ergot, a fungus found in rotting rye, for the pharmaceutical wing ...

Making a discovery with the potential for innovative applications in pharmaceutical development, a microbiology student has found a long sought-after fungus that produces effects similar to the ...