Tall fescue seed extraction and partial purification of ergot alkaloids

Many substances in the tall fescue/endophyte association (Schedonorus arundinaceus/Epichloƫ coenophiala) have biological activity. Of these compounds only the ergot alkaloids are known to have significant mammalian toxicity and the predominant ergot alkaloids are ergovaline and ergovalinine. Because...

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Main Authors: Ji, Huihua, Fannin, F., Klotz, J., Bush, Lowell
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4263182/