The Mystery in the Rye Ergot and LSD – A Cultural-Historical Quest /
There are countless reports on microorganisms and their special abilities. The saga of the ergot fungus is perhaps the most unusual of them all. The unique history of this plant pathogenic microbe, which began with its infection of grasses, is told through a broad storyline that stretches from the e...
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| Natura: | Elettronico eBook |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2025.
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| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2025. |
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| Accesso online: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-69811-2 |
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Sommario:
- A momentous ménage à trois of fungus, grass, and insect develops
- The horror begins!
- Unraveling the mystery of gangrenous and convulsive ergotism: a beacon for the Order of St. Anthony, a dilemma of the ergot remedy in medicine
- A lawyer clarifies the nature of ergot, but it remains a tough nut for pharmacists to crack
- Successful failures and accidental breakthroughs are changing the field of medicine
- Darn, the equation doesn’t add up!
- Albert Hofmann’s path to psychotogenic LSD
- A pas de deux of molecules, or the discovery of the chemistry of the psyche
- Urgently wanted: new paths to a stable ergot alkaloid production
- Last secrets of ergot and its ingredients are revealed
- Notes and further reading.