See Also: ergotism(dictionary)
Ergotism(health)
ergotism(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
quinone(encyclopedia)
Quinone(medicine)
quinone(dictionary)
quinone reductase(medicine)
quinone reductases(medicine)
NAD(p)h dehydrogenase (quinone)(medicine)

quinone reductase (medicine) and ergotism (medicine)


quinone reductase (medicine)


quinone reductase
<enzyme> Enzymes that reduce quinones to phenols usually using NADH or NADPH as a source of reducant.


ergotism (medicine)


ergotism
Chronic poisoning from excessive or misdirected use of ergot as a medicine or from eating ergotised grain, it is marked by cerebrospinal symptoms, spasms and cramps or by a kind of dry gangrene.

Synonym: St. Anthony's Fire.