Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Letter
  • Published:

Isolation of a Parasympathomimetic Alkaloid of Fungal Origin

Abstract

SINCE 1947, reports have reached us of excessive salivation in ruminants after consuming certain forages. Frequently these forages were red clover hay, but other types of forages were involved. The cattle would consume from 1 to 3 feedings of such forage, salivate excessively, and then refuse further feed. The refusal of the cattle to consume ‘slobber forage’ represents an economic loss to the farmer, including a loss of milk production and the necessity of purchasing replacement forage.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Byers, J. H., and Broquist, H. P., J. Dairy Sci., 43, 873 (1960).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Byers, J. H., and Broquist, H. P., J. Dairy Sci., 44, 1179 (1961).

    Google Scholar 

  3. Smalley, E. B., Nichols, R. E, Crump, M. H., and Henning, J. N., Phytopath., 52, 753 (1962).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Bregoff, H. M., Roberts, E., and Delwiche, C. C., J. Biol. Chem., 205, 565 (1953).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Stephenson, Charles H., Some Microchemical Tests for Alkaloids, 110 (J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia and London, 1921).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

AUST, S., BROQUIST, H. Isolation of a Parasympathomimetic Alkaloid of Fungal Origin. Nature 205, 204 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205204a0

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/205204a0

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing