NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Albert Hofmann, (born Jan. 11, 1906, Baden, Switz.-died April 29, 2008, Burg, Switz.), Swiss chemist who discovered the psychedelic drug lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), which he first synthesized in 1938 by isolating compounds found in ergot (Claviceps purpurea), a fungus affecting rye.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ergot alkaloids are potent -blockers that cause direct smooth muscle contraction. They are products of the fungus Claviceps purpurea. Only products of lysergic acid are of clinical importance. Ergotamine has a 100% first-pass metabolism and hence its derivatives, ergonovine and methyl ergonovine, are commonly used.

Detailed explanation-3: -LSD, abbreviation of lysergic acid diethylamide, also called lysergide, potent synthetic hallucinogenic drug that can be derived from the ergot alkaloids (as ergotamine and ergonovine, principal constituents of ergot, the grain deformity and toxic infectant of flour caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea).