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The Blue Lotus Flower (Nymphea caerulea) Resin Used in a New Type of Electronic Cigarette, the Re-Buildable Dripping Atomizer
- Source :
- Journal of psychoactive drugs. 49(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The blue lotus flower (Nymphea caerulea) is an Egyptian water lily containing apomorphine and nuciferine. Apomorphine has been described as a psychoactive alkaloid and is a non-selective dopamine agonist primarily used to treat Parkinson's disease as it stimulates dopamine receptors and improves motor function. Nuciferine is an alkaloid associated with dopamine receptor blockade. Today, blue lotus flower is used as a sleep aid and anxiety reliever. The rebuildable dripping atomizer (RDA) is an electronic cigarette that allows direct application of an e-liquid onto the coil in the atomizer for aerosolization, compared to a typical electronic cigarette where the e-liquid is wicked from a storage vessel to the coil. Our laboratory received a dark-brown resin material from a concerned parent. The resin had been confiscated from an adolescent who had a reported history of marijuana use. The resin was later identified as blue lotus flower (N. caerulea). This resin, together with four commercially available blue lotus products, was analyzed for content. Apomorphine was detected in two samples, and nuciferine was detected in all five samples. The confiscated resin was determined to contain no apomorphine and 4300 ng/g of nuciferine. The nuciferine resin was shown to aerosolize using aRDA electric cigarette.
- Subjects :
- Aporphines
Nuciferine
Apomorphine
Lotus
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
01 natural sciences
Dopamine agonist
Article
Dopamine receptor blockade
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Marijuana use
Nymphaea
medicine
Humans
General Psychology
biology
Traditional medicine
Chemistry
Alkaloid
Nebulizers and Vaporizers
010401 analytical chemistry
fungi
food and beverages
biology.organism_classification
0104 chemical sciences
Dopamine Agonists
Caerulea
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Resins, Plant
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21599777
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of psychoactive drugs
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....22d9338c39ba3534e2c7e3b35d244478