CattleNetwork.com “We have also measured the alkaloid levels in high-endophyte fescue at this location,” Burris said. “The primary culprit in toxicity of high-endophyte pastures seems to be ergovaline. After our July 10 measurement, the ergovaline levels dramatically ...
Huffington Post Ibogaine is a psychoactive alkaloid naturally occurring in the West African shrub iboga. While it is a mild stimulant in small doses, in larger doses it induces a profound psychedelic state. Historically, it has been used in healing ceremonies and ...
Scientist The reason that H. axyridis can eat other species' young without penalty, while their own young are fatal to competitors, was thought to be because H. axyridis contains a particularly abundant alkaloid called harmonine in its hemolymph, or body fluids. and more »
Scientific American In 1907, the English chemists George Barker and Howard Carr isolated an ergot alkaloid mixture that affected the uterus. Because of its toxic side effects, it was named ergotoxine and was never used medically. After 1932, the English gynecologist ...
Los Angeles Times They knew from earlier work that the beetles' hemolymph contained an alkaloid compound called harmonine, which has very strong anti-microbial properties that allow the beetles to resist infections. (It's so strong, in fact, that it's being studied as a ... and more »
ABC Local Matthew Martin says demand for the company's alkaloid -based products is growing at between 3 and 4 per cent a year in the US and it's also expanding in Europe. Mr Martin says while poppy growing trials are advancing in both Victoria and New Zealand, ... and more »
TheHorse.com Previous studies have shown that endophyte alkaloid consumption causes vasoconstriction in cattle, but this phenomenon had not been examined in horses. To that end, the research team tested the hypothesis that if horses consumed fescue seed containing ... and more »
