Abstract
At present, the Mexican mint Salvia divinorum is an unregulated hallucinogen. This has resulted in various on-line botanical companies advertising and selling S. divinorum as a legal alternative to other regulated plant hallucinogens. It is predictable that its misuse will increase rapidly. The active ingredient in S. divinorum is the neoclerodane diterpene, salvinorin A (1a), which has been shown to be a κ agonist both in vitro and in vivo. This review will cover the current state of research into the psychopharmacology of S. divinorum.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 527-531 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Life Sciences |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 22 2005 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The author wishes to thank Leander J. Valdés III for a critical reading of the manuscript and the Biological Sciences Funding Program of the University of Iowa and the National Institute on Drug Abuse for financial support of this work.
Keywords
- Hallucinogen
- Kappa
- Opioid
- Salvia divinorum
- Salvinorin A
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (all)