Fundamental & clinical pharmacology
December 1, 2018
Céline Eiden, Sarah Leone-Burgos, Anaïs Serre et al.
Ephenidine, diphenidine, and methoxphenidine belong to the family of diarylethylamines that are psychoactive substances derived from lefetamine (N, N-di-methyl-1,2-diphenylethylamine, also called L-SPA). These dissociative anesthetic compounds act as potent and selective N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonists and were recently classified as narcotic drugs in France. The available data...
Journal of Forensic Sciences
November 1, 2013
Cédric Mazoyer, Jérémy Carlier, Alexandra Boucher et al.
26 citations
We report the case of a man who died twelve hours after ingesting powdered iboga root, commonly taken for its stimulant and hallucinogenic properties. Ibogaine and ibogamine were quantified in the powder ingested and the victim's body fluids by GC-MS/MS after liquid-liquid extraction (Toxi-tubes A(®)). The concentrations of ibogaine measured in the blood samples taken at the scene and in the...
Annales de Toxicologie Analytique
2012
Cédric Mazoyer, Jérémy Carlier, Michel Péoc’h et al.
2 citations
Objectif :Tabernanthe iboga, ou iboga est un arbuste issu des régions africaines équatoriales dont la racine est couramment consommée pour ses propriétés stimulantes et hallucinogènes. L’ibogaïne, principal alcaloïde de la plante, est à l’origine de ses effets psychotropes. Nous rapportons le cas d’un homme de 27 ans, traînant un lourd passif de toxicomane, retrouvé mort en 2006, une douzaine...
Therapie
2010
Danièle Debruyne, Marie-Anne Courné, Reynald Le Boisselier et al.
Designer drugs are currently marketed as substitutes for stimulant drugs as cocaine, amphetamine, MDMA...Unlike compounds listed as narcotics, these new substances are deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws. Among them, mephedrone (4-methylmethcatinone) that belongs to cathinone family, has been recently introduced in France. Users report positive euphoric and entactogenic effects....