NATURAL PSYCHODYSLEPTIC COMPOUNDS: SOURCES AND PHARMACOLOGY
Sisira Padavala, Devaraj Ezhilarasan
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research September 1, 2016 DOI: 10.22159/ajpcr.2016.v9i5.13345 via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractCertain plants contain compounds that affect the central nervous system, producing psychoactive effects such as sedation, stimulation, euphoria, delirium, or hallucination. These plants, including Datura, Salvia, and Cannabis, are consumed in various preparations to alter consciousness. They have been used ritually, medicinally, and recreationally for thousands of years, giving them enormous sociocultural and economic significance.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Cannabis |
| Keywords | Euphoriant Hallucinogen Traditional medicine Stimulant |
| Citations | 10 |
| Key finding | Psychoactive plants have been used ritually, medicinally, and recreationally for millennia and hold enormous sociocultural and economic significance. |
Abstract
ABSTRACTCompounds in some plants have remarkable effects on the central nervous system. Plants containing those compounds are mind altering orpsychoactive in nature. These are consumed in the form of simple or complex preparations to affect the mind or alter the state of consciousness.Psychoactivity may include sedative, stimulant, euphoric, deliriant, and hallucinogenic effects. Several hundred psychoactive plants are known.Some important examples of psychoactive plants include Datura, Salvia, and Cannabis. Psychoactive plants have been used ritually, medicinally, andrecreationally for thousands of years. Hence, the sociocultural and economic significance of psychoactive plants is enormous.Keywords: Cannabis, Datura, Psychoactive plants, Euphoria, Hallucinogen.