Effects of ergot alkaloids on food preference and satiety in rabbits, as assessed with gene-knockout endophytes in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4582-4587

  Panaccione, Daniel G ^a   Cipoletti, Jessica R ^a   Sedlock, Andrea B ^a   Blemings, Kenneth P ^a   Schardl, Christopher L ^b   Machado, Caroline ^b   Seidel, George E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endophyte; Ergot alkaloid; Ergovaline; Feeding deterrent; Herbivory; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ERGOT ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RABBIT; SATIETY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; DIET; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENE DELETION; HYPOCREALES; LOLIUM; PLANT LEAVES; RABBITS; SATIATION; SYMBIOSIS;

EPICHLOE TYPHINA X NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POACEAE;

EID: 33746515753     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf060626u     Document Type: Article

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