[Chemical and DNA analyses for the products of a psychoactive plant, Voacanga africana].
Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan August 1, 2009 Ruri Kikura-Hanajiri, Takuro Maruyama, Akinori Miyashita et al. 15 citations
Voacanga africana (Apocynaceae) is a small tropical African tree. The root bark and seeds of this tree contain a number of alkaloids, including ibogaine (a hallucinogenic/aphrodisiac compound in bark), tabersonine (a major constituteent of seeds) and other voacanga alkaloids, traditionally used in Africa for religious purposes. Recently, some kinds of products containing this plant (root bark...