Ergocornine is a crystalline ergopeptine and one of the ergot alkaloids separated from ergotoxine. It is also a dopamine receptor agonist.[1] It was discovered by Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who created LSD.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fuxe K, Corrodi H, Hökfelt T, Lidbrink P, Ungerstedt U (April 1974). "Ergocornine and 2-Br-alpha-ergocryptine. Evidence for prolonged dopamine receptor stimulation". Medical Biology. 52 (2): 121–32. PMID 4837435.
  2. ^ Stoll A, Hoffmann A (1965). "Chapter 21: The Ergot Alkaloids". In Manske RH (ed.). Indole alkaloids. The alkaloids: chemistry and physiology. Vol. 8. New York: Academic Press. p. 759. ISBN 978-0-08-086532-4.