Ergot Alkaloids on Cereals and Seeds: Analytical Methods, Occurrence, and Future Perspectives [PDF]
Molecules, 2023 Ergot alkaloids are secondary metabolites resulting from fungi of the genus Claviceps that have proven to be highly toxic. These mycotoxins commonly infect cereal crops such as wheat, rye, barley, and oats.
Ângela Silva +3 more
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Methods of Lysergic Acid Synthesis—The Key Ergot Alkaloid
Molecules, 2022 Ergot is the spore form of the fungus Claviceps purpurea. Ergot alkaloids are indole compounds that are biosynthetically derived from L-tryptophan and represent the largest group of fungal nitrogen metabolites found in nature.
Agnieszka Kaczor +2 more
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Occurrence of Ergot Alkaloids in Barley and Wheat from Algeria [PDF]
Toxins, 2021 The natural occurrence of six major ergot alkaloids, ergometrine, ergosine, ergotamine, ergocornine, ergokryptine and ergocristine, as well as their corresponding epimers, were investigated in 60 cereal samples (barley and wheat) from Algeria. Ultra-high
Laura Carbonell-Rozas +4 more
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Analysis of Ergot Alkaloids [PDF]
Toxins, 2015 The principles and application of established and newer methods for the quantitative and semi-quantitative determination of ergot alkaloids in food, feed, plant materials and animal tissues are reviewed.
Colin Crews
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Epimerization of Ergot Alkaloids in Feed [PDF]
Heliyon, 2020 Chronic intake of cereals contaminated with ergot alkaloids can cause ergotism and result in the loss of toes and fingers or even death. Today, due to common risk management practices, ergotism is rare as a human disease but remains a problem in ...
Claude Schummer
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Toxins, 2021 Following pending new legislation in the European Union setting a maximum of 20 ng g−1 for the total sum of ergot alkaloids in dry cereal-based baby food, a new UHPLC-MS/MS method was developed.
Julien Masquelier, Svetlana V Malysheva
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Quantification of Ergot Alkaloids via Lysergic Acid Hydrazide—Development and Comparison of a Sum Parameter Screening Method [PDF]
Molecules, 2023 Ergot alkaloids are a group of mycotoxins occurring in products derived from various grasses (e.g., rye) and have been regulated in the EU recently.
Maximilian Kuner +5 more
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Effects of Heating, Pelleting, and Feed Matrix on Apparent Concentrations of Cereal Ergot Alkaloids in Relation to Growth Performance and Welfare Parameters of Backgrounding Beef Steers [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 As the contamination of cereal grains with ergot has been increasing in Western Canada, studies were undertaken to evaluate the impacts of heating (60, 80, 120, or 190 °C) alone or in combination with pelleting on concentrations of ergot alkaloids ...
Kim Stanford +9 more
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Cleaving Ergot Alkaloids by Hydrazinolysis—A Promising Approach for a Sum Parameter Screening Method [PDF]
Toxins, 2021 Ergot alkaloids are mycotoxins formed by fungi of the Claviceps genus, which are some of the most common contaminants of food and feed worldwide. These toxins are a structurally heterogeneous group of compounds, sharing an ergoline backbone.
Maximilian Kuner +4 more
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Activities and Effects of Ergot Alkaloids on Livestock Physiology and Production
Toxins, 2015 Consumption of feedstuffs contaminated with ergot alkaloids has a broad impact on many different physiological mechanisms that alters the homeostasis of livestock.
James L Klotz
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