jacky
05-21-2007, 05:26 PM
so the new journal of ethnopharmacology for may 2007 is out....
I look forward to these journals more than almost any publication out there.
this months publication lists 4 possible opioid active plant materials.
3 of which I have sources for.
2 of which are readily avialable in the international herb trade.
trifolium pratense has mu and delta agonist properties. this is common red clover. ethnobotanical use of this material looks in line with opioid activity in my opinion. this plant is readily avialable in raw and extract form.
it is also a component of the "spice" smoking blend. I am hoping to find some more info on any specific fraction/isolate that might be responsible....if there is an isolated opioid in this plant it might have some significant effect, as the data on this plant suggests a potent binding inhibition.
Ugni molinae is a shrub in chile, the leaf is called murta, the leaf is used as a medicinal product. the berry of this plant tastes like strawberries...so the berry is used in various recipes/preserves and as a flavoring for other fruits. the activity of this plant might not be opioid in nature directly, but might have indirect activity.
it took me a few days but I have found a supplier of the leaf product of this plant. hopefully I will have some ordered in a month.
Casearia sylvestris...this plant is readily available as "guacatonga"...there is some strong ethnobotanical data on this plant that follows the profile of a opioid active material. the herb is relatively cheap, and seems to be a general medicinal herb that doesnt get mentioned as having much toxicity. this plant was tested like the above mentioned with naloxone as a reversal agent of analgesic activity.
Pachyptera hymenaea.....this plant is purported to have opioid activity. the aqueous extract was what was used, I assume of the whole plant. caffeine seemed to reverse some of the analgesic activity associated with the extract. I couldnt find much info about this plant, and have found no sources for the plant material as of yet.
with the addition of these plants to my list of other purported active opioid herbs, I think there must be something like 17-25 herbs with potential as at least minor pain relievers, or other effects though mild that might find beneficial use in the future by adventerous opiophiles, or just plain desperate folks.
looking at all the plant materials that have yet to be looked at, and all the species that are known medicinal in nature that have yet to be analyzed even, I am sure that this list will keep growing.
if only 1 out of 20 of those plants is really interesting to the clandestined opiophile with transgressive motives, then that would be an improvement on the state of the "inebria-nation" as it is now.
I am thinking that a strong ethanol extract of red clover is something to investigate 1st, since it is cheap, and the data regarding that plant looks interesting as a possible strong analgesic.
the Casearia is another that I plant to get within the month, as it is readily avialable.
the trifolium/red clover plant is used for menopasual treatments....that is interesting, another opioid active herb used for womens conditions. looking at the herbs used for period pain/menopasual symptoms might be a good idea in general, perhaps there are others.
well, if anyone has any involvement with any of the above listed herbs, lets hear it!
I look forward to these journals more than almost any publication out there.
this months publication lists 4 possible opioid active plant materials.
3 of which I have sources for.
2 of which are readily avialable in the international herb trade.
trifolium pratense has mu and delta agonist properties. this is common red clover. ethnobotanical use of this material looks in line with opioid activity in my opinion. this plant is readily avialable in raw and extract form.
it is also a component of the "spice" smoking blend. I am hoping to find some more info on any specific fraction/isolate that might be responsible....if there is an isolated opioid in this plant it might have some significant effect, as the data on this plant suggests a potent binding inhibition.
Ugni molinae is a shrub in chile, the leaf is called murta, the leaf is used as a medicinal product. the berry of this plant tastes like strawberries...so the berry is used in various recipes/preserves and as a flavoring for other fruits. the activity of this plant might not be opioid in nature directly, but might have indirect activity.
it took me a few days but I have found a supplier of the leaf product of this plant. hopefully I will have some ordered in a month.
Casearia sylvestris...this plant is readily available as "guacatonga"...there is some strong ethnobotanical data on this plant that follows the profile of a opioid active material. the herb is relatively cheap, and seems to be a general medicinal herb that doesnt get mentioned as having much toxicity. this plant was tested like the above mentioned with naloxone as a reversal agent of analgesic activity.
Pachyptera hymenaea.....this plant is purported to have opioid activity. the aqueous extract was what was used, I assume of the whole plant. caffeine seemed to reverse some of the analgesic activity associated with the extract. I couldnt find much info about this plant, and have found no sources for the plant material as of yet.
with the addition of these plants to my list of other purported active opioid herbs, I think there must be something like 17-25 herbs with potential as at least minor pain relievers, or other effects though mild that might find beneficial use in the future by adventerous opiophiles, or just plain desperate folks.
looking at all the plant materials that have yet to be looked at, and all the species that are known medicinal in nature that have yet to be analyzed even, I am sure that this list will keep growing.
if only 1 out of 20 of those plants is really interesting to the clandestined opiophile with transgressive motives, then that would be an improvement on the state of the "inebria-nation" as it is now.
I am thinking that a strong ethanol extract of red clover is something to investigate 1st, since it is cheap, and the data regarding that plant looks interesting as a possible strong analgesic.
the Casearia is another that I plant to get within the month, as it is readily avialable.
the trifolium/red clover plant is used for menopasual treatments....that is interesting, another opioid active herb used for womens conditions. looking at the herbs used for period pain/menopasual symptoms might be a good idea in general, perhaps there are others.
well, if anyone has any involvement with any of the above listed herbs, lets hear it!