Usha Di. Many drugs are made from ergot which is actually a fungus called Claviceps purpurea. One of the famous banned drug from ergot is LSD .
Tanay On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Ushadi micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com > wrote: > Bhagyashri: NOT ergot... > ergot is what paratizies winter wheat/rye... and some other > grasses...... and from which ergotamine/methergin the uterine > contaction medicine is derived... and Cafergot was being used when I > was an intern for migraine...now I dont know, stronger painkillers > seem to have replaced vasoactive substances. > > We worry more about toxicity of ergot than the therapeutic > benefits.... > > wiki has nice short essay with details and pictures ... at URL: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergot > our old pharmacology texts used to show, as did the biochemistry > texts... > > happy reading > usha di > ==== > > On Sep 24, 1:43 pm, Madhuri Raut <itii...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you Balkarji > > Regards > > Bhagyashri > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Parthenium hysterophorus > > > > > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Madhuri Raut <itii...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > >> Request for identification > > > > >> Date/Time-Sep 2011 > > > > >> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune > > > > >> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Wild > > > > >> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb > > > > >> Height/Length- 10 cms approx > > > > >> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-Green > > > > >> Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- pretty white flowers > > > > >> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- ?white seeds > > > > >> I think this is called Congress grass ? ?ergot > > > > >> Regards > > > > >> Bhagyashri > > > > > -- > > > Regards > > > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > > Haryana-132103 > > > 09416262964 -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
