This study aimed to determine if ergot alkaloids (EA) would accumulate in yellow mealworm larvae (YML, Tenebrio molitor) when present their diets and investigate effects on production survival. Larvae were reared one of four diets: a control, low, medium, high containing 63, 3,863, 8,471 15,316 μg/kg total EA, respectively. Each diet had five replicates with 150 YML per replicate totalling 3,00...

Years ago a review on ergot alkaloids (EA) appeared with the title: “The biosynthesis of ergot alkaloids; the story of the unexpected” (Floss, 1980). I don’t believe that any other title could be more appropriate since the entire history of EA research, from the discovery of ergotamine almost a century ago until the present, has truly been the history of the unexpected. The beginning of modern ...

The cases are reported of two patients who developed benign intracranial hypertension after the withdrawal of the novel non-ergot derived dopamine agonist CV 205 502 (quinagolide).