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Ergotism (pron. /ˈɜːrɡətˌɪzəm/ UR-gət-iz-əm) is the
effect of long-term
ergot poisoning,
traditionally due to the
ingestion of the
alkaloids produced...
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Claviceps purpurea ("rye
ergot fungus"). This
fungus grows on rye and
related plants, and
produces alkaloids that can
cause ergotism in
humans and
other mammals...
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contaminated with the
survival structure of this fungus, the
ergot sclerotium, can
cause ergotism in
humans and
other mammals. C.
purpurea most
commonly affects...
- have been younger, per
prior ergotism epidemics, and
would have
affected males and
females roughly equally. The
ergotism theory is
critiqued for failing...
- of
ergot fungi (
ergotism),
which grows commonly on
grains (such as rye) used for
baking bread.
Ergotamine is the main
psychoactive product of
ergot fungi;...
- have few or no
detectable ergots. In horses, the
ergot varies from very
small to the size of a pea or bean,
larger ergots occurring in
horses with "feather"...
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Ergoline alkaloids were
first characterized in
ergot. Some of
these are
implicated in the
condition of
ergotism,
which can take a
convulsive form or a gangrenous...
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plants and
ergotism in the 19th century. With this discovery, more
efforts were
developed to
reduce sclerotia from
growing on rye and
ergotism became rare...
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particularly skin diseases. In the past, many such afflictions,
including ergotism, erysipelas, and shingles, were
referred to as
Saint Anthony's fire. Most...
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highly susceptible to the
ergot fungus.
Consumption of
ergot-infected rye by
humans and
animals results in
ergotism,
which causes convulsions, miscarriage...
