Ergotism (pron. /ˈɜːrɡətˌɪzəm/ UR-gət-iz-əm) is the effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced...
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Claviceps purpurea ("rye ergot fungus"). This fungus grows on rye and related plants, and produces alkaloids that can cause ergotism in humans and other mammals...
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Claviceps purpurea (redirect from Rye ergot)
contaminated with the survival structure of this fungus, the ergot sclerotium, can cause ergotism in humans and other mammals. C. purpurea most commonly affects...
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Abigail Williams (section Convulsive ergotism)
have been younger, per prior ergotism epidemics, and would have affected males and females roughly equally. The ergotism theory is critiqued for failing...
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Kramers Ergot is a comics anthology edited by American cartoonist Sammy Harkham and featuring contributions from artists such as Dan Clowes, Anders Nilsen...
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Pictures horror film 30 Days of Night, and a central role in the short Ergotism. He had a bit part in the blockbuster Avatar, for which he also did stunts...
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Ergoline (redirect from Ergot alkaloid)
being ergine, were initially characterized in ergot. Some of these are implicated in the condition ergotism, which can take a convulsive form or a gangrenous...
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Anthony against ergotism and fire. The monks of the Order of St. Anthony specialized in the treatment and care of victims of ergotism (also known as St...
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plants and ergotism in the 19th century. With this discovery, more efforts were developed to reduce sclerotia from growing on rye and ergotism became rare...
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have few or no detectable ergots. In horses, the ergot varies from very small to the size of a pea or bean, larger ergots occurring in horses with "feather"...
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