Some ethnopharmacological notes on African hallucinogens.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology March 1, 1996 DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(95)01337-7 (opens in new tab)
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| Keywords | Animals Humans Plants, medicinal Alzheimer disease Alkaloids Hallucinogens Plant extracts Medicine, traditional Africa |
| Key findings | The paper identifies Boophane disticha, Alchornea floribunda, Monadenium lugardae, Mostuea spp., and Voacanga bracteata as African botanicals with proven or alleged hallucinogenic potential, adding them to the examples already documented by Schultes and Hofmann. |
Abstract
This paper provides a short overview of ritual African hallucinogens. In addition to examples already listed by Schultes and Hofmann in their classic text books, Boophane disticha, Alchornea floribunda, Monadenium lugardae, Mostuea spp. and Voacanga bracteata are identified as African botanicals with proven or alleged hallucinogenic potential.
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