Pride and prejudice: The story of ergot

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-355

  Bennett, J W ^a   Bentleyf, Ronald ^a,b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROCLAVINE; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; DIGITALIS; ERGOLINE DERIVATIVE; ERGOT ALKALOID; ERGOTAMINE DERIVATIVE; LYSERGIC ACID; LYSERGIDE; OPIATE; PLANT EXTRACT; QUININE; RETINOL; SALICYLIC ACID;

CEREAL; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DELUSION; ERGOTISM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS; GANGRENE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NUTRITION; PHARMACOGNOSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW;

EID: 0033278128     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.1999.0026     Document Type: Article

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