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Ergot: History, Life cycle & Effects on humans, other mammals and LSD

Ergot (/ˈɜːrɡət/), or ergot fungi, is a group of fungi of the genus Claviceps.

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Ergot topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Life cycle and Effects on humans, other mammals and LSD as prominent areas in the source structure around Ergot.

Related topics
184
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
193
Extracted relationships
236
Concept neighborhoods
20
Bridge connections
193

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 73 topics
Effects on humans, other mammals and LSD · 53 topics
Life cycle · 26 topics
Overview · 18 topics
Claviceps africana · 10 topics
Evolution · 3 topics
In media · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Life cycle

Evolution

Effects on humans, other mammals and LSD

History

Claviceps africana

In media

Sources

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Ergot connects Entity context

The extracted context around Ergot shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Ergot → A-lines, Abundant, Adelia, Adult Corn Earworm Moths, AEM, American Journal, Applied, Archived, Aspergillus, Bibcode, Boddie, Bonns, Botany, Claviceps, Coyle CM, Culture, De Milliano WA, Dead, December, Economic Entomology Another extracted example is Ergot → Angoumois, Aquitaine, Assyrian, BC, Blood, Daughter, Early, England, Ergotism, Europe, France, Germany, Human, In, In Hesse, Johannes Thallius, Limousin, Middle Ages, Mother, Parsees. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Ergot

Top relations

related to External links · 67
Ergot → A-lines, Abundant, Adelia, Adult Corn Earworm Moths, AEM, American Journal, Applied, Archived, Aspergillus, Bibcode, Boddie, Bonns, Botany, Claviceps, Coyle CM, Culture, De Milliano WA, Dead, December, Economic Entomology
related to history · 29
Ergot → Angoumois, Aquitaine, Assyrian, BC, Blood, Daughter, Early, England, Ergotism, Europe, France, Germany, Human, In, In Hesse, Johannes Thallius, Limousin, Middle Ages, Mother, Parsees
related to Saint Anthony's fire and the Antonites · 25
Ergot → After, Anthony, Antonites, Antonites-balsam, By, Century Egyptian, Devil, European, France, Germany, He, Memmingen, Middle Ages, Order, Patients, Red Sea, Saint Anthony, Scandinavia, St, The
has impact · 16
Ergot → Additional, Affected, Another, Average, Canada, European Union, Germany, In, Outbreaks, Similar, Some, The, To, Two, US, US Midwest
related to Evolution · 12
Ergot → C8, C9, Clavicipitaceae, CloA, EasA, EasG, LpsA, Regarding, Several, The, This, Trichocomaceae
related to Life cycle · 12
Ergot → An, At, Claviceps, Infection, Later, Lolium, Macroconidia, No, Secale, Secondary, The, This
related to Usage in gynaecology and obstetrics · 10
Ergot → Adam Lonicer, Europe, German, In, Joachim Camerarius, Laurel-fruits, Midwives, Nuremberg, Solomon's, Younger
related to In media · 9
Ergot → Bones, Episode, In, Season, The, The Witch, Wardrobe, Zephrya, Zephyra
related to Speculated cause of hysterics and hallucinations · 9
Ergot → An, Greek Eleusinian Mysteries, In, It, July, Kykeon, LSD, New Exhilarating Substance, Scientific American
related to Claviceps purpurea · 7
Ergot → Cereal, Claviceps, Favorable, Mankind, Sunlight, Temperatures, The

Important terminology

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Important terminology

ergotism alkaloids claviceps purpurea rye also known fungus sorghum cause africana species grains grasses effects ergotamine sclerotium first disease order

Ergot relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 236 structured relationships around Ergot. Examples in this analysis include Ergot → is a → harmless sort of grain and rye → instance of → C. purpurea most commonly affects outcrossing species. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ergotis aharmless sort of grain0.90text
ryeinstance ofC. purpurea most commonly affects outcrossing species0.80text
Cafergotinstance ofincluding ergot alkaloids in products0.80text
changes in crop rotationinstance offarmers have to introduce different methods0.80text
deeper ploughing.The consumption of ergot alkaloids poisons livestockinstance offarmers have to introduce different methods0.80text
particularly grazing animals such as cowsinstance offarmers have to introduce different methods0.80text
sheepinstance offarmers have to introduce different methods0.80text
and horsesinstance offarmers have to introduce different methods0.80text
oxytocininstance ofA 2018 Cochrane Systematic Review concluded that other medications0.80text
syntometrineinstance ofA 2018 Cochrane Systematic Review concluded that other medications0.80text
prostaglandinsinstance ofA 2018 Cochrane Systematic Review concluded that other medications0.80text
may be preferred over ergot alkaloids.Though ergot was known to cause abortions in cattleinstance ofA 2018 Cochrane Systematic Review concluded that other medications0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Ergot bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Alkaloids, Also and Childbirth. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Ergot
    • Alkaloids
    • Also
    • Childbirth
    • Claviceps
    • Effects
    • Rye
    • Alkaloid
    • Fungi
    • Called
    • Grains
    • Cause
    • Known
  • ergot
    • Alkaloids
    • Also
    • Childbirth
    • Claviceps
    • Effects
    • Rye
    • Alkaloid
    • Fungi
    • Called
    • Grains
    • Cause
    • Known
  • claviceps purpurea
    • Purpurea
    • Africana
    • Species
    • Sorghum
    • Fungus
    • Grasses
    • Well
    • Ergot
    • Known
    • Rye
    • Conidia
    • Plants
  • alkaloids
    • Ergot
    • Also
    • Alkaloid
    • Fungi
    • Sclerotium
    • Effects
    • Fungus
    • Plants
    • Caused
    • Ergotamine
    • Including
    • Cause
  • claviceps paspali
    • Purpurea
    • Africana
    • Species
    • Sorghum
    • Fungus
    • Ergot
    • Rye
    • Conidia
    • Plants
    • Including
    • Infected
    • Infection
  • claviceps africana
    • Sorghum
    • Purpurea
    • Africana
    • Claviceps
    • Species
    • Disease
    • Conidia
    • Fungus
    • Caused
    • Infection
    • Ergot
    • Cause
  • ergotism
    • Order
    • Rye
    • Grain
    • Called
    • Caused
    • First
    • Grains
    • Sclerotium
    • Well
    • Ergotamine
    • Infected
    • Effects
  • rye
    • Infected
    • Sclerotium
    • Species
    • Used
    • Conidia
    • Grasses
    • Grain
    • Well
    • Caused
    • Ergotamine
    • Often
    • Africana

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Ergot, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Ergot with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
ErgotHistory · splits 120 ⟂ 74
ErgotEffects on humans, other mammals and LSD · splits 140 ⟂ 54
ErgotLife cycle · splits 167 ⟂ 27
ErgotOverview · splits 175 ⟂ 19
ErgotClaviceps africana · splits 183 ⟂ 11
ErgotEvolution · splits 190 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Ergot

Nodes194
Edges193
Triples236
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010309
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Ergot to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Life cycle & Effects on humans, other mammals and LSD, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Ergot · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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