| ergosterol |
a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation
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| ergot |
a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid
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| ergotamine |
an alkaloid derived from ergot that is less toxic than ergot; causes constriction of blood vessels and is used to treat migraine
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| ergotism |
poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and craming and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs
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| ergonovine |
an alkaloid derived from ergot (trade name Ergotrate Maleate) that is less toxic than ergot; induces muscular contraction of the uterus and is administered after childbirth or abortion
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