Medication Development of Ibogaine as a Pharmacotherapy for Drug Dependencea.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences May 1, 1998 Deborah C. Mash, Craig A. Kovera, Billy E Buck et al. 111 citations
The potential for deriving new psychotherapeutic medications from natural sources has led to renewed interest in rain forest plants as a source of lead compounds for the development of antiaddiction medications. Ibogaine is an indole alkaloid found in the roots of Tabernanthe iboga (Apocynaceae family), a rain forest shrub that is native to equatorial Africa. Ibogaine is used by indigenous...