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Chirality

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The systematic name does not reflect the 3 chiral centres. Who can resolve this?

Simon de Danser (talk) 08:26, 27 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Other biological activities

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Metergoline also has antifungal,^[1]^[2] antimalarial,^[3] and antibacterial activities.^[4]

Chemist1980 (talk) 20:03, 1 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

References

↑ Kang, K. (2010). "In vitro synergistic effects of metergoline and antifungal agents against Candida krusei". Mycoses. 53: 495–499. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0507.2009.01747.x.
↑ Kang, K. (2011). "Metergoline-induced cell death in Candida krusei". Fungal Biol. 115: 302-309. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2011.01.001.
↑ Singh, K. (2014). "Synthesis of metergoline analogues and their evaluation as antiplasmodial agents". Med. Chem. Commun. 5: 165-170. doi:10.1039/C3MD00310H.
↑ Johnson, J. W. (2022). "Antibacterial activity of metergoline analogues: Revisiting the ergot alkaloid scaffold for antibiotic discovery". ACS Med. Chem. Lett.: in press. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00648.

missing side effects section

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Missing side effects section ! 79.40.122.100 (talk) 19:23, 14 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

this article is really still a stub or almost

Latest comment: 8 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Everything is missing, from side effects, medical purposes, discussion about mechanism of action, research, etc. ~2025-34791-45 (talk) 14:39, 19 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

[1] Kang, K. (2010). "In vitro synergistic effects of metergoline and antifungal agents against Candida krusei". Mycoses. 53: 495–499. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0507.2009.01747.x.

[2] Kang, K. (2011). "Metergoline-induced cell death in Candida krusei". Fungal Biol. 115: 302-309. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2011.01.001.

[3] Singh, K. (2014). "Synthesis of metergoline analogues and their evaluation as antiplasmodial agents". Med. Chem. Commun. 5: 165-170. doi:10.1039/C3MD00310H.

[4] Johnson, J. W. (2022). "Antibacterial activity of metergoline analogues: Revisiting the ergot alkaloid scaffold for antibiotic discovery". ACS Med. Chem. Lett.: in press. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00648.

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Chirality

Other biological activities

missing side effects section

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