Ergot

The Genus Claviceps
Herausgeber: Kren, Vladimir; Cvak, Ladislav

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume provides readers with biotechnological aspects of ergot alkaloid production and genetic and physiological data. Toxicology and environmental risks of ergot infection and contamination of food and forage are also detailed

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 538
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 179mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1354g
• ISBN-13: 9789057023750
• ISBN-10: 905702375X
• Artikelnr.: 31731340

Autorenporträt

Vladimir Kren, Ladislav Cvak

Inhaltsangabe

1. History of Ergot 2. Biology and Life Strategy of the Ergot Fungi 3. The
TAxonomy and Phylogeny of Claviceps 4. Genetics of Claviceps purpurea 5.
Biosynthesis of Ergot Alkaloids 6. Physiologival Regulation of Ergot
Alkaloid Production and Special Cultivation Techniques 7. Ergot Alkaloids
and Other Metabolites of the Genus Claviceps 8. Chemical Modifications of
Ergot Alkaloids 9. Biotransformations of Ergot Alkaloids 10. Analytical
Chemistry of Ergot Alkaloids 11. Parasitic Production of Ergot Alkaloids
12. Saprophytic Cultivation of Claviceps 13. Industrial Production of Ergot
Alkaloids 14. Ergot Alkaloids and their Derivatives as Ligands for
Serotoninergic, Dopaminergic, and Adrenergic Receptors 15. Antimicrobial
and Antitumor Effects of Ergot Alkaloids and their Derivatives 16. Role of
Ergot Alkaloids in the Immune System 17. Toxicology of Ergot Alkaloids in
Agriculture 18. Producers of Ergot Alkaloids out of Claviceps Genus