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Use Regions/Cultures of use Morning glory: T. corymbosa, and Ipomoea violacea: Numerology "indigenous ritual use indicates dose levels for T. corymbosa, and I. violacea which are far lower than that perceived as necessary to effect hallucinosis in members of modern Western cultures. In Mexico, the only place in the world where the ingestion of ...
The seeds of the plant have been mentioned to contain up to 0.5% of lysergol, an ergoline alkaloid also found in other Ipomoea and fungi from the Claviceps genus. [6] Patents filed by the company Farmex describe the use of this plant for the production of such alakaloids, [7] even though the industrial relevancy of these processes is questionable when compared to other means of production.
Use of Morning Glory seeds as a drug [ edit ] Sleepy grass and C. paspali, having similar chemical profiles to Morning Glory seeds have also been used as a drug, [ 71 ] [ 72 ] but only rarely, so this article is giving precedence to Morning Glory seeds.
Ipomoea nil, a species of morning glory, was first known in China for its medicinal uses, due to the laxative properties of its seeds. Ancient Mesoamerican civilizations used the morning glory species Ipomoea alba to convert the latex from the Castilla elastica tree and also the guayule plant to produce bouncing rubber balls. [ 2 ]
The Nahuatl word ololiuhqui means "round thing", and refers to the small, brown, oval seeds of the morning glory, [5] not the plant itself, which is called coaxihuitl (“snake-plant") in Nahuatl, and hiedra, bejuco or quiebraplatos in the Spanish language. The seeds, in Spanish, are sometimes called semilla de la Virgen (seeds of the Virgin Mary).
Lysergic acid, also known as D-lysergic acid and (+)-lysergic acid, is a precursor for a wide range of ergoline alkaloids that are produced by the ergot fungus and found in the seeds of Argyreia nervosa (Hawaiian baby woodrose), and Ipomoea species (morning glories, ololiuhqui, tlitliltzin).
Students are ingesting a seed that can cause psychosis, auditory and visual hallucinations, spatial and temporal distortion and other side effects. Forget pot -- students use familiar method to ...
Ipomoea cairica is a vining, herbaceous, perennial plant with palmate leaves and large, showy white to lavender flowers. A species of morning glory, it has many common names, including mile-a-minute vine, Messina creeper, Cairo morning glory, coast morning glory and railroad creeper.