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Commonly known as the blue lotus, Nymphaea Caerulea is available in several forms, including dried plant material, teas, and extracts for electronic cigarettes. The psychoactive effects of the flower are attributed to two aporphine alkaloids: apomorphine and nuciferine .
Apomorphine, sold under the brand name Apokyn among others, is a type of aporphine having activity as a non-selective dopamine agonist which activates both D 2-like and, to a much lesser extent, D 1-like receptors. [2] It also acts as an antagonist of 5-HT 2 and α-adrenergic receptors with high affinity.
These psychoactive effects make Nymphaea caerulea a likely candidate (among several) for the lotus plant eaten by the mythical Lotophagi in Homer's Odyssey. Used in aromatherapy , Nymphaea caerulea is purported to have a "divine" essence, bringing euphoria, heightened awareness and tranquility.
On January 14, 2010, the Russian government issued a statement including 23 synthetic cannabinoids found in smoking blends Hawaiian Rose and Blue Lotus on the list of prohibited narcotic and psychotropic substances. [138] About 780 new psychoactive substances were added to the list from 2011 to 2014.
Psychoactive plants include, but are not limited to, the following examples: Cannabis: cannabinoids; Tobacco: nicotine, anabasine, and other Nicotinic agonists, as well as beta-carboline alkaloids
Blue lotus may refer to: Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea , a water lily in the genus Nymphaea that was known to the Ancient Egyptian civilizations Nymphaea nouchali , a water lily of genus Nymphaea that is native to southern and eastern parts of Asia, containing the sedating alkaloids apomorphine and nuciferine
5-MeO-DMT (5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine), also known as O-methylbufotenin or mebufotenin (INN Tooltip International Nonproprietary Name), is a naturally occurring psychedelic of the tryptamine family. [5] [1] [4] [2] It is found in a wide variety of plant species, and is also secreted by the glands of at least one toad species, the Colorado ...
Displayed are 3 chemical compounds that occur as natural products in 5 plant species. Tropane alkaloids are a class of bicyclic [3.2.1] alkaloids and secondary metabolites that contain a tropane ring in their chemical structure. [1] Tropane alkaloids occur naturally in many members of the plant family Solanaceae.