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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.
Blue lotus or lily. Recent studies have shown Nymphaea caerulea to have psychedelic properties, and may have been used as a sacrament in ancient Egypt and certain ancient South American cultures. Dosages of 5 to 10 grams of the flowers induces slight stimulation, a shift in thought processes, enhanced visual perception, and mild closed-eye ...
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.
The compound is an alkaloid belonging to nymphaea caerulea, or blue lotus, but is also historically known as a morphine decomposition product made by boiling morphine with concentrated acid, hence the -morphine suffix. Contrary to its name, apomorphine does not actually contain morphine or its skeleton, nor does it bind to opioid receptors.
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Nymphaea caerulea (Egyptian lotus or blue lotus): apomorphine, nuciferine; Yohimbe: yohimbine; Kanna: mesembrine and mesembrenone; Glaucium flavum (yellow horned poppy, yellow hornpoppy or sea poppy): glaucine; California poppies: Protopine and Californidine
Nuciferine has been reported to have various anti-inflammatory effects, possibly mediated via PPAR delta activation. [4]According to a newer study from 2016, Nuciferine acts as an antagonist at 5-HT 2A, 5-HT 2C, and 5-HT 2B receptors, an inverse agonist at the 5-HT 7 receptor, a partial agonist at D2, D5, and 5-HT 6 receptors, and an agonist at 5-HT 1A and D4 receptors.