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Alucinógenos naturais: um voo da Europa Medieval ao Brasil Natural hallucinogens: a flight from Medieval Europe to Brazil

Authors :
Sabrina T. Martinez
Márcia R. Almeida
Angelo C. Pinto
Source :
Química Nova, Vol 32, Iss 9, Pp 2501-2507 (2009)
Publication Year :
2009
Publisher :
Sociedade Brasileira de Química, 2009.

Abstract

This work describes the historical importance and the use of hallucinogenic plants by different civilizations. A comparison between three Brazilian plants whose active principle is N,N-dimethyltriptamine (DMT), and three plant species native to Europe whose active principles are tropanic alkaloids was carried out and we observed these plants promoted different types of hallucinations.

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
ISSN :
01004042 and 16787064
Volume :
32
Issue :
9
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Química Nova
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.12e030d5e0d44da78e2d2ecd117bad23
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422009000900047