ABSTRACT

This volume provides readers with biotechnological aspects of ergot alkaloid production and genetic and physiological data. Toxicology and environmental risks of ergot infection and contamination of food and forage are also detailed

chapter 1|24 pages

THE HISTORY OF ERGOT

chapter 2|32 pages

BIOLOGY AND LIFE STRATEGY OF THE ERGOT FUNGI

chapter 3|22 pages

The Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Claviceps

chapter 4|15 pages

GENETICS OFCLAVICEPS PURPUREA

chapter 5|71 pages

BIOSYNTHESIS OF ERGOT ALKALOIDS

chapter 6|8 pages

Physiological Regulation of Ergot Alkaloid Production and Special Cultivation Techniques

chapter 7|29 pages

Ergot Alkaloids and Other Metabolites of the Genus Claviceps

chapter 8|29 pages

CHEMICAL MODIFICATIONS OF ERGOT ALKALOIDS

chapter 9|39 pages

BIOTRANSFORMATIONS OF ERGOT ALKALOIDS

chapter 10|36 pages

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY OF ERGOT ALKALOIDS

chapter 11|18 pages

PARASITIC PRODUCTION OF ERGOT ALKALOIDS

chapter 12|52 pages

Saprophytic Cultivation of Claviceps

chapter 13|41 pages

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION OF ERGOT ALKALOIDS

chapter 14|31 pages

Ergot Alkaloids and their Derivatives as Ligands for Serotoninergic, Dopaminergic, and Adrenergic Receptors

chapter 15|9 pages

ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTITUMOR EFFECTS OFERGOT ALKALOIDS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES

chapter 16|18 pages

ROLE OF ERGOT ALKALOIDS IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

chapter 17|9 pages

TOXICOLOGY OF ERGOT ALKALOIDS IN AGRICULTURE

chapter 18|23 pages

Producers of Ergot Alkaloids out of Claviceps Genus

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