Ergot
Subtitle: the genus Claviceps
By: edited by Vladimír Křen and Ladislav Cvak.
Contributors: Křen, Vladimír.; Cvak, Ladislav.
Series: Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles,; v. 6
Publisher: Harwood Academic
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
Subjects: Ergot; Ergot -- Therapeutic use
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The History of Ergot 1; title: Anacleto Minghetti and Nicoletta Crespi-Perellino; title: 2 Biology and Life Strategy of the Ergot Fungi 25; title: Klaus B. Tenberge; title: 3 The Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Claviceps 57; title: Sylvie Pazoutovi and Douglas P. Parbery; title: 4 Genetics of Claviceps purpurea 79; title: Paul Tudzynski; title: 5 Biosynthesis of Ergot Alkaloids 95; title: Ullrich Keller; title: 6 Physiological Regulation of Ergot Alkaloid Production and; title: Special Cultivation Techniques 165; title: Vladimir Kren; title: 7 Ergot Alkaloids and Other Metabolites of the Genus Claviceps 173; title: Martin Buchta and Ladislav Cvak; title: 8 Chemical Modifications of Ergot Alkaloids 201; title: Petr Bulej and Ladislav Cvak; title: 9 Biotransformations of Ergot Alkaloids 229; title: Vladimir Kren; title: 10 Analytical Chemistry of Ergot Alkaloids 267; title: AlexandrJegorov; title: 11 Parasitic Production of Ergot Alkaloids 303; title: Eva Nemeth; title: 12 Saprophytic Cultivation of Claviceps 321; title: Zdenek Malinka; title: 13 Industrial Production of Ergot Alkaloids 373; title: Ladislav Cvak; title: 14 Ergot Alkaloids and their Derivatives as Ligands for; title: Serotoninergic, Dopaminergic, and Adrenergic Receptors 411; title: Heinz Pertz and Eckart Eich; title: 15 Antimicrobial and Antitumor Effects of Ergot Alkaloids; title: and their Derivatives 441; title: Eckart Eich and Heinz Pertz; title: 16 Role of Ergot Alkaloids in the Immune System 451; title: Auna Fiserovd and Miloslav Pospigil; title: 17 Toxicology of Ergot Alkaloids in Agriculture 469; title: Richard A. Shelby; title: 18 Producers of Ergot Alkaloids out of Claviceps Genus 479; title: Anato,l G. Kozlovsky; title: Index 501.