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. 2000 Dec;66(12):5419–5425. doi: 10.1128/aem.66.12.5419-5425.2000

TABLE 2.

Alkaloids from sclerotia of C. purpurea group strains

Isolate(s) Amt of alkaloids (mg/g [dry wt])a % of total area of HPLC peaks
Ergotamine Ergosine Ergocryptine Ergocristine Ergocornine Ergine Ergometrine
G1 strains
 136 0.4 8.9 24 24 14 16 0 13
 141 0.3 7.2 28 18 22 11 14 0
 150 2.3 0.8 2.2 8 78 0 0 11
 151 1.1 0 2 85 0 0 0 13
 169 0.2 18 7.3 9.7 65 0 0 0
 170 0.9 19 14 32 0 19 0 16
 205 1.4 18 30 14 38 0 0 0
 207, 208b NDc 45 31 0 17 0 6.6 0
 215, 219b 1.9 0 18 40 0 40 1.7 0
 220 0.5 0 15 41 2.1 42 0 0
 222 0.9 0 21 20 27 32 0 0
 243 1.6 0 21 26 26 27 0 0
 338 1.1 30 0 5.2 42 0 0 23
 354 1.6 15 0 0 62 0 0 23
 358 1.2 14 0 25 38 23 0 0
 368 1.4 31 0 0 55 0 0 14
 396 0.2 82 5.1 0 13 0 0 0
 442 1.4 0 20 38 5.2 37 0 0
 445 1.6 16 0 30 25 29 0 0
 479 0.6 0 4.8 70 11 11 0 3.6
 483 1.0 20 0 13 45 0 0 22
 516, 517b 1.6 19 33 0 48 0 0 0
G2 strains
 162, 163, 164b 1.6 0 55 0 45 0 0 0
 210, 211, 213b 1.8 0 44 35 20 0 0 0
 231, 232b 0.2 0 60 6.5 32 0 0 0
 236 0.63 0 49 8.3 42 0 0 0
 247 0.4 0 44 3.2 53 0 0 0
 259 2.6 0 61 4.9 34 0 0 0
 299 0.6 0 44 7.1 49 0 0 0
 389 1.5 0 61 4.6 34 0 0 0
 406 0.4 0 44 12 44 0 0 0
 407 0.5 0 59 6.9 34 0 0 0
 413 0.6 0 52 5.1 43 0 0 0
 415 0.5 0 56 2.4 41 0 0 0
 431 0.7 0 55 2.1 43 0 0 0
 473, 474, 475b 1.3 0 46 12 42 0 0 0
 480 2.7 0 71 1.0 28 0 0 0
 505 1.0 0 60 2.6 36 0 0 0
 507 0.8 0 42 2.1 55 0 0 0
 518 2.5 0 30 60 9.7 0 0 0
 521 0.7 0 83 0 17 0 0 0
G3 strains
 481 3.9 0 0 54 39 0 0 0
 510 3.0 0 0 44 54 0 0 0
a

Measurements were obtained twice, and the standard errors were less than 5%. 

b

Multiple isolates with identical alkaloid contents were obtained from the same sclerotial sample. 

c

ND, not determined.