Ergot

Ergot

Ergot, so v.w. Mutterkorn. Daher Ergotīn, Bestandtheil des Mutterkorns (Secale cornutum) u. wahrscheinlich der narkotisch wirksame. Es ist ein braunrothes, in Äther unlösliches, in Wasser schwer u. in Alkohol leichter lösliches Pulver von bitterm Geschmack; verdünnte Säuren lösen es auf, Alkalien fällen es aus dieser Lösung. Es wurde 1831 von Wiggers entdeckt, der ihm giftige Eigenschaften zuschreibt.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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