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Family of host plant:
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Host Plant- Triticum aestivum
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Name of Disease- Ergot, A Fungal Disease
Pathogen Claviceps purpurea
Division- Ascomycota
Chemical Product obtained- LSD is one of the most powerful hallucinogenic drugs known. It was invented in 1938 by the Swiss chemist, Albert Hoffman, who was interested in developing medicines from compounds in ergot, a fungus that attacks rye. LSD is purely synthetic.
The first mention of a medicinal use of ergot, as a drug to precipitate childbirth, is found in the notes of the Frankfurt city physician Adam Lonitzer in 1582. Although ergot had been used since olden times by midwives, it was not until 1808 that this drug gained entry into academic medicine. The use of ergot for these purposes did not last, however, since the uncertainty of dosage led to uterine spasms and dangers to the child.
The early 1930s brought a new era in ergot research, beginning with the determination of the chemical structure of the main chemically active agents, the ergot alkaloids. Finally, W. A. Jacobs and L.C. Craig of the Rockefeller Institute of New York succeeded in isolating and characterizing the nucleus common to all ergot alkaloids. They named it lysergic acid.
Other informations about this fungus can be found at http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/lsd/lsd1_text.htm. Thankyou.
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ReplyDeleteHost plant: Inflorescence of Rye plant (Secale cereale)
Rest of the information is absolutely correct.
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