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- From: pjordan@cs.ualberta.ca (Peter Jordan)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: Claviceps paspali references are HERE!
- Date: 29 Aug 1994 23:57:22 GMT
- Message-ID: <33tsl2$k1r@scapa.cs.ualberta.ca>
-
- Interesting Chemical Abstracts References:
- CA: 71:P69351y : describes mutants of strain NRRL 3027
- producing 2270mg/l of ergoline compounds of which 85% were
- amides of lysergic and isolysergic acids. (Swiss patent application)
-
- CA: 77:P156333n : describes a method used to get 9.75g pure
- lysergamides from a 10 litre fermentation originally containing
- an estimated 15g.
-
- CA: 94:13992r : reference Indian Drugs; 1980; 17(8) 228-31 Eng.
- CA: 90:118108c : reference Indian Drugs; 1979; 16(4) 88-93 Eng.
- Very interesting>:-||
-
- CA: 102:219574y : Serbo-Croat areticle describing 2.2g/l prod.
- by C. paspali Stevens and Hall (1984).
-
- Nature reference: Nature: 187:238-239. I can't remember this one
- but I have written down "-production by C. paspali in submerged culture" .
-
- Lloydia references: lots; just go check the indexes for each volume.
-
- An absolute Gem from 1916: Life History and Poisonous Properties
- of Claviceps paspali; H. B. Brown (Mississippi Agricultural
- Experiment Station); Journal of Agricultural Research ,vol. 7(9),
- pgs 401-405. describes on brief glance through it --- germination
- of the yellowish-grey sclerotia found on Paspalum dilatatum Poir.
- observed in the region of the Mississippi Agricultural College.
- Also contains reference to Stevens and Halls' original article (1910).
-
-
- "So there you have it gentlemen, what more evidence do we need"
-
- Yow!!! If you find this usefull/helpfull/interesting, let
- me know and I'll post a whole lot more. My willingness to post this stuff
- is directly correlated to the magnitude of the responses I get.
-
- Thanks very much for the encouragement from those who responded to the
- earlier postings. (Two from Germany and Two from USA).
-
- P.S. If you find a good culture of this stuff, I would LOVE to have some.
-
- P.P.S. If you take your rights, you'll never have them.
-
- ME!
- Peter Jordan
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- From: pjordan@cs.ualberta.ca (Peter Jordan)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: More Claviceps references!
- Date: 31 Aug 1994 20:16:23 GMT
- Message-ID: <342oen$o4n@scapa.cs.ualberta.ca>
-
- Hi again, Enjoy these goodies:
-
- * Biotechnological Exploitation of the Ergot Fungus
- (Claviceps Purpurea); Karl Esser and Andrea Duvell; Process
- Biochemistry, August 1984 pgs 142-149.
- Synopsis: "The alkaloids of the ergot fungus C. purpurea and related
- species already known as drugs in the middle ages are still finding
- many uses in medical therapy (he he). Since the supply of natural grown
- ergots is not sufficient, the biotechnological production of ergot
- alkaloids has gained in importance. This requires not only an undestanding
- of physiological and environmental conditions, but also concerted breeding
- in order to increase and stabilize the production level."
-
- * Biology of Claviceps; Willard A. Taber; Chapter 15 (sorry -
- i don't remember which book this came from, but it should be indexed
- under Taber in Biological Abstracts) pgs 449-486.
- "If one desires isolates of C. paspali (which are high producers of
- simple amides), one must go to paspalum grass. ... C. paspali
- differs from all other species in possesing a yellowish tan cauliflower-
- shaped sclerotium rather than the purplish banana-shaped sclerotium, and
- it has been suggested that this species be trasnsferred to the genus
- Mothesia. "
-
- *The Ergot Alkaloids; A. Stoll and A. Hofmann (THE);
- Chapter 21, The Alkaloids, Manske (ed. ?) vol. VIII, pgs 725-779+.
- Describes lots and lots and lots of chemical detail regarding
- everything from biogenesis to complete chemical synthesis as a means
- of confirming structure. Also has a section completely devoted to
- "Derivatives of Ergot Alkaloids" in which the following processes
- for synthesizing amides are discussed:
- => The azide process.
- => DMF-SO3 mixed anhydride method.
- => mixed Lysergic acid trifluoroacetic anhydride.
- => Lysergic acid chloride hydrochloride method.
- => N,N'- carbonyldiimidazole as condensing agent (Best IMHO).
-
-
- My fingers are tired, PLEASE do not rip any articles or pages
- from journals/books, as this is the most insidious kind of censorship
- (something a pig might do).
-
- Untill Later;
- Peter Jordan
-
- P.S. The P.P.S. of my previous posting should have read:
- "If you DON'T ........"
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