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Meanings of Claviceps purpurea in anglès

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спорынья
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esporão-do-centeio
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cláviceps purpúrea
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banya de sègol
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Species of fungus.

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          A fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid.

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                Examples for "ergot"
                1
                Italian mothers received an injection of the ergot derivative ergotamine after delivery.
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                2
                The opium poppy and ergot, a lysergic-acid producing fungus.
                Cross Bones
                3
                Objective: Serotonergic appetite suppressants and ergot-derived dopamine agonists have been associated with drug-induced valvular heart disease.
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                4
                The frequence with which ergot should be so administered depends on the results and the indications.
                Disturbances of the Heart / Discussion of the Treatment of the H...
                5
                Two conditions are necessary for the production of this ergot upon the seed of rye grass.
                Cattle and Their Diseases / Embracing Their History and Breeds, ...