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Historical View on Ergot Alkaloids
A short survey of the history of ergot, of the original and, for a long time, only source of ergot alkaloids, is given. Once a dreaded poison, ergot has changed its role over the centuries to become a rich treasure house of valuable pharmaceuticals. In the Middle Ages it was the cause of epidemics of ergotism, which cost tens of thousands of people their lives. Ergot was first mentioned by the ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1945
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/156754a0