Compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of ergot alkaloid toxicity
AssigneeLinda Light
InventorsLinda Light, David E. Nichols
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide materials and methods for preventing and treating ergot-based toxicity in animals, including humans. In particular, the present disclosure provides materials and methods for ameliorating the harmful physical manifestations of various diseases caused, at least in part, by ergot-based toxicity, including but not limited to caudal heel pain syndrome, idiopathic headshaking, pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction, metabolic syndrome and laminitis in horses; fescue foot, infertility and summer slump in cattle, sheep and goats; and neurologic, mental and somatic disorders in humans.
Claims13
A composition for treating ergot-based toxicity in a subject, the composition comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of:
- wherein
- R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and null, in the case of a double-bond between the C-3 and C-4 carbons;
- R2 is selected from the group consisting of a methyl and hydrogen;
- X is selected from the group consisting of a bond, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, an amine, an amide, an ester, and an ether;
- Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl,
- Z is selected from oxygen and nitrogen;
- R3 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, sec-butyl;
- R4 is selected from the group consisting of benzyl, ethyl, isopropyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, n-butyl, 2-methyl-n-butyl, 2-methyl-n-propyl, and ethyl(methyl)sulfane;
- R5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methoxy;
- R6 is selected from the group consisting of isopropyl and sec-butyl;
- and
- R7 is selected from the group consisting of benzyl, ethyl, isopropyl, isobutyl, and sec-butyl.
A composition for treating ergot-based toxicity in a subject, the composition comprising one or more clavines bonded to a carrier molecule.
A composition for preventing ergot toxicity, wherein at least one compound in the composition is:
- wherein Z is selected from oxygen and nitrogen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.