Salvia divinorum increases alcohol intake and tonic immobility whilst decreasing food intake in Wistar rats.
Acta neurobiologiae experimentalis 2021 Priscila Vázquez-león, Ulises Arenas-Martínez, Dafne Córdova-maqueda et al. 3 citations
The kappa-opioid system (KOP) is the key in drug abuse. Of all the compounds isolated from Salvia divinorum (S. divinorum), salvinorin-A (Sal-A) is predominant. Further, Sal-A is the only compound within S. divinorum which is reported to have psychoactive properties as a powerful kappa-opioid receptor (KOPr) agonist. Based on the key role of the KOP system in the consumption of drugs, S....