A report from the University of Nebraska says all animals are susceptible to ergot poisoning but cattle are most often affected. The ergot fungus produces toxic compounds called ergot alkaloids ...

Ergot alkaloids are a group of headache medicines that include dihydroergotamine (Migranal, Trudhesa, others) and ergotamine (Cafergot, Ergomar, Ergostat, others). These drugs are used only to ...

ERGOT has been under active scientific investigation for two generations, and has provided sociological problems for ten centuries; its secrets are now almost all laid bare, and at the moment when ...