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S. P. Ghosal

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OCCURRENCE OF PSYCHODELIC SUBSTANCES IN SOME INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS

Planta Medica March 1, 1972 S. P. Ghosal 8 citations

Over two dozen Indian medicinal plants belonging to the families Leguminosae, Gramineae, and Malpighiaceae have been screened for potential psychodelic substances. The evaluation of only the indole bearing plants is reported here. Localization of about forty indole alkaloids, representing four broad structural types, viz., indole–3–alkylamines, carboxylated tryptamines, β–carbolines, and...