High levels of ergonovine and lysergic acid amide in toxic Achnatherum inebrians accompany infection by an Acremonium-like endophytic fungus

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1285-1290

  Miles, Christopher O ^a   Lane, Geoffrey A ^b   Di Menna, Margaret E ^a   Garthwaite, Ian ^a   Piper, Edgar L ^c   Ball, Olivier J P ^a   Latch, Garrick C M ^b   Allen, John M ^d   Hunt, Martin B ^d   Bush, Lowell P ^e   Min, Feng Ke ^f   Fletcher, Ian ^f   Harris, Peter S ^f  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science   (China)

Author keywords

Achnatherum inebrians; Acremonium; Endophyte; Ergonovine; Ergonovinine; Isolysergic acid amide; Lysergic acid amide; Stipa inebrians

Indexed keywords

ACHNATHERUM; ACHNATHERUM INEBRIANS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI; OVIS ARIES; STIPA;

EID: 0001350324     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf950410k     Document Type: Article

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