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Ergot : the genus claviceps /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Křen, Vladimír, Cvak, Ladislav
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Australia ; Canada : Harwood Academic, ©1999.
Colección:Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles ; v. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1 The History of Ergot 1
  • Anacleto Minghetti and Nicoletta Crespi-Perellino
  • 2 Biology and Life Strategy of the Ergot Fungi 25
  • Klaus B. Tenberge
  • 3 The Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Claviceps 57
  • Sylvie Pazoutovi and Douglas P. Parbery
  • 4 Genetics of Claviceps purpurea 79
  • Paul Tudzynski
  • 5 Biosynthesis of Ergot Alkaloids 95
  • Ullrich Keller
  • 6 Physiological Regulation of Ergot Alkaloid Production and
  • Special Cultivation Techniques 165
  • Vladimir Kren
  • 7 Ergot Alkaloids and Other Metabolites of the Genus Claviceps 173
  • Martin Buchta and Ladislav Cvak
  • 8 Chemical Modifications of Ergot Alkaloids 201
  • Petr Bulej and Ladislav Cvak
  • 9 Biotransformations of Ergot Alkaloids 229
  • Vladimir Kren
  • 10 Analytical Chemistry of Ergot Alkaloids 267
  • AlexandrJegorov
  • 11 Parasitic Production of Ergot Alkaloids 303
  • Eva Nemeth
  • 12 Saprophytic Cultivation of Claviceps 321
  • Zdenek Malinka
  • 13 Industrial Production of Ergot Alkaloids 373
  • Ladislav Cvak
  • 14 Ergot Alkaloids and their Derivatives as Ligands for
  • Serotoninergic, Dopaminergic, and Adrenergic Receptors 411
  • Heinz Pertz and Eckart Eich
  • 15 Antimicrobial and Antitumor Effects of Ergot Alkaloids
  • and their Derivatives 441
  • Eckart Eich and Heinz Pertz
  • 16 Role of Ergot Alkaloids in the Immune System 451
  • Auna Fiserovd and Miloslav Pospigil
  • 17 Toxicology of Ergot Alkaloids in Agriculture 469
  • Richard A. Shelby
  • 18 Producers of Ergot Alkaloids out of Claviceps Genus 479
  • Anato, l G. Kozlovsky
  • Index 501.