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On the mystery cloud of AD 536, a crisis in dispute and epidemic ergotism
Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2014 In AD 536, some kind of natural catastrophe(s) darkened the sun by what has been called a mystery cloud or a dust veil. The darkening of the sun lasted for over a year and initiated dramatic changes of the climate in the Northern Hemisphere, resulting ...
Lennart Bondeson, Tobias Bondeson
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La pandémie dans les oeuvres littéraires d’Albert Camus et Octave Mirbeau [PDF]
Anadiss, 2022 They are not new in Literature; they belong to universal and immemorial experience. The pandemic occupies a significant place in literary texts. Writers have used it to carefully depict illness, death, the inescapable contingency of existence.
DZENE EDZEGUE, Joseph Bernard
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BMJ Open, 2014 Objective To evaluate the safety profile of nicergoline compared with placebo and other active agents from published randomised controlled trials.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis of nicergoline compared with placebo and other active agents ...
Amit Garg +3 more
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Epidemics due to Ergotism or Saint Anthony's Fire. History, Science and Art [PDF]
, 2021 The Saint Anthony's Fire, a popular name for ergotism, was an epidemic that devastated medieval Europe, as a result of food poisoning caused by eating rye bread, whose flour was contaminated by ergot, a parasitic fungus called Claviceps purpurea that ...
Lozano Sánchez, Francisco S.
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Cases of ergotism in livestock and associated ergot alkaloid concentrations in feed
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2015 Ergot-induced disease was known long before Biblical times and has been the root cause for countless human epidemics spanning from the early fourteenth century to the late sixteenth century.
A. Morrie Craig +2 more
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Differentially expressed genes in cotyledon of ewes fed mycotoxins
BMC Genomics, 2020 Background Ergot alkaloids (E+) are mycotoxins produced by the endophytic fungus, Epichloë coenophiala, in tall fescue that are associated with ergotism in animals.
J. L. Britt, R. E. Noorai, S. K. Duckett
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Dos documentos relativos a la formación filosófica de Hidalgo
Theoría Revista del Colegio de Filosofía, 2013 Based on two documents: the Dissertation of Hidalgo and the Letter of Praise from Dr. Pérez Calama, published in 1784; the article gives account of some aspects of Hidalgo’s theological and philosophical thought.
María del Carmen Varela Chávez
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Convulsive ergotism: epidemics of the serotonin syndrome?
, 2003 Between 1085 and 1927, epidemics of convulsive ergotism were widespread east of the Rhine in Europe due to consumption of grain contaminated with ergot, which is produced by the fungus Claviceps purpurea.
Eadie, Mervyn J.
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Ergot Alkaloids in Wheat and Rye Derived Products in Italy
Foods, 2019 Genus Claviceps is a plant pathogen able to produce a group of toxins, ergot alkaloids (EAs), whose effects have been known since the Middle Ages (ergotism).
Francesca Debegnach +6 more
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