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Mitragyna speciosa is a tropical evergreen tree of the Rubiaceae family (coffee family) native to Southeast Asia. [3] It is indigenous to Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Papua New Guinea, [4] where its leaves, known as kratom, have been used in herbal medicine since at least the 19th century. [5]
In Malaysian kratom varieties, mitragynine is present at lower concentration (12% of total alkaloids). [5] Total alkaloid concentration in dried leaves ranges from 0.5 to 1.5%. Such preparations are orally consumed and typically involve dried kratom leaves which are brewed into tea [4] [5] or ground and placed into capsules. [5]
Kratom tea is increasingly popular, but a new study on kratom's side effects has deemed products made with this plant to be a public health threat. Is it a real remedy—or a risk to steer clear of?
Poppy tea is a herbal tea infusion brewed from poppy straw or seeds of several species of poppy. The species most commonly used for this purpose is Papaver somniferum, which produces opium as a natural defense against predators. In the live flower, opium is released when the surface of the bulb, called the seed pod, is pierced or scraped.
Kratom tea made from the dried leaves of the kratom tree. It has opioid-like properties and some stimulant-like effects. [14] [15] St. John's wort tea, the plant has been shown to have antidepressant properties according to a 2017 meta-analysis. [16] Ephedra tea, mainly from the plant Ephedra sinica. [17] It contains the stimulant ephedrine.
The Summary. Kratom, sometimes referred to as “gas station heroin,” is an herb with opioid- and stimulant-like effects. It can be fatal in very high doses but is not subject to much federal ...
7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) is a terpenoid indole alkaloid from the plant Mitragyna speciosa, commonly known as kratom. [2] It was first described in 1994 [3] and is a human metabolite metabolized from mitragynine present in the Mitragyna speciosa. 7-OH binds to opioid receptors like mitragynine, but research suggests that 7-OH binds with greater efficacy.
Opiates are considered drugs with moderate to high abuse potential and are listed on various "Substance-Control Schedules" under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act of the United States of America. In 2014, between 13 and 20 million people used opiates recreationally (0.3% to 0.4% of the global population between the ages of 15 and 65).