By Richard Evans Schultes, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Albert Hofmann, Basel, Switzerland. With Forewords by I. Newton Kugelmass and Henrich Kluver. The Second Edition of this book encompasses all of the advances that have been made in this field since publication of the original text. Newly discovered hallucinogenic plants have been incorporated into the discussions along with new information on some well-known drugs. The authors continue to focus on the botany and chemistry of hallucinogens, although they also consider ethnobotanical, historical, pharmacological and psychological aspects. Initial chapters delineate definition, botanical distribution, and structural types of hallucinogenic plants. Plants of known, possible and dubious hallucinogenic potential are then covered in separate sections. The bibliography for this new edition has been enlarged to accommodate all of the recent activity in botanical and chemical investigation of psychoactive plants. Readers will also appreciate the excellent illustrations that accompany the text.
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Excellent source of information on plant hallucinogens,
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This review is from: The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens (Hardcover)
This book is a very extensive source of information about plant hallucinogens. It gives historical backgrounds on the plants used as hallucinogens. It also gives very extensive informaton about the molecules that are responsible for their hallucinogenic activity. It covers the molecular structures and their abundance in the plant sources. There is also information about how the plants are used as ethnobotanicals. I would suggest obtaining this book to anyone interested in ethnobotanicals.
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Comprehensive, and then some.....,
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This review is from: The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens (Hardcover)
Weighing in at just over 400 pages, this seminal work by Drs. Schultes and Hofmann is the definitive guide to hallucinogenic plant compounds. Detailed information is included about plant classification, chemical properties, and historical background concerning use. Although written in an academic tone, a book like this can't help but be interesting. Nevertheless, due to its overwhelming amount of information (and the expense and difficulty required to actually obtain a copy), it's probably best left to the most obsessed and/or diligent of psychonauts. For a less technical and more layman-friendly read, try Schultes/Hofmann's other book, Plants of the Gods.
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Excellent book worth seeking out.,
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This review is from: The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens (Hardcover)
This book is an excellent source of information on the chemistry behind ethnobotanicals. It covers a vast amount of material and the lenghty reference section is worth the trouble of locating this book.
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AGENTS THAT CAUSE VISUAL, auditory, tactile, taste, and olfactory hallucinations or that induce artificial psychoses have been known undoubtedly since earliest human experimentation with the vegetal environment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hallucinogenic constituents, cactus alkaloids, plantis toxicariis, tropicale commentationes, peyote alkaloids, psychotomimetic activity, hallucinogenic activity, hallucinogenic species, hallucinogenic use, mushroom madness, psychotropic activity, mescaline intoxication, psychotomimetic properties, tryptamine derivatives, tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids, plant hallucinogens, total alkaloid content, minor alkaloids, becoming glabrous, lysergic acid amide, psychotomimetic effects, mescal buttons, hallucinogenic snuff, psychotomimetic drugs, hallucinogenic compounds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, United States, Amazonian Brazil, West Indies, Old World, New World, Wahgi Valley, Harvard Univ, Parke Davis, Middle Ages, New Guinea, North America, South Africa, Rio Negro, Royal Botanic Gardens, Amazonian Colombia, Botanic Museum, Mexican Indians, Richard Spruce, Central America, Red Bean Dance, Taxonomic Revision of Brugmansia, Valley of Sibundoy, Andes of Colombia, Comptes Rend New!
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AGENTS THAT CAUSE VISUAL, auditory, tactile, taste, and olfactory hallucinations or that induce artificial psychoses have been known undoubtedly since earliest human experimentation with the vegetal environment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hallucinogenic constituents, cactus alkaloids, plantis toxicariis, tropicale commentationes, peyote alkaloids, psychotomimetic activity, hallucinogenic activity, hallucinogenic species, hallucinogenic use, mushroom madness, psychotropic activity, mescaline intoxication, psychotomimetic properties, tryptamine derivatives, tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids, plant hallucinogens, total alkaloid content, minor alkaloids, becoming glabrous, lysergic acid amide, psychotomimetic effects, mescal buttons, hallucinogenic snuff, psychotomimetic drugs, hallucinogenic compounds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, United States, Amazonian Brazil, West Indies, Old World, New World, Wahgi Valley, Harvard Univ, Parke Davis, Middle Ages, New Guinea, North America, South Africa, Rio Negro, Royal Botanic Gardens, Amazonian Colombia, Botanic Museum, Mexican Indians, Richard Spruce, Central America, Red Bean Dance, Taxonomic Revision of Brugmansia, Valley of Sibundoy, Andes of Colombia, Comptes Rend New!
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- The Peyote cult by Weston LaBarre on page 202, and Back Matter
- The Seven Sisters of Sleep (Bioactive plants) by Mordicai C. Cooke on page 7, and Back Matter
- Handbook of South American Indians by Julian H. Steward in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Plants in the Development of Modern Medicine by Tony Swain in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Drug Abuse: Current Concepts and Research by Keup in Back Matter
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- Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline by Richard Evans Schultes on 6 pages
- The Healing Forest: Medicinal and Toxic Plants of the Northwest Amazonia (Historical, Ethno-& Economic Botany, Vol 2) by Richard E. Schultes on 6 pages
- Rio Tigre and Beyond: The Amazon Jungle Medicine of Manual Cordova-Rios by F. Bruce Lamb in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution by Terence McKenna on page 226, and Back Matter
- Pharmako/Poeia: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft (Pharmako Vol I) by Dale Pendell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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