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Ingesting Magic: Ingredients and Ecstatic Outcomes in the Greek and Demotic Magical Papyri [PDF]
, 2017 There are spells in the Greek and Demotic Magical Papyri which promise divine visitations, assistants, ecstatic states, vessel inquiries, and vivid dreams. They also require powerful psychoactive botanical ingredients.
Sumler, Alan
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Physiologia Plantarum, Volume 178, Issue 1, January/February 2026.ABSTRACT Chicory roots produce inulin, a dietary fiber, as well as large quantities of bitter sesquiterpene lactones (STLs), which have valuable biological activities. In an effort to understand the compartmentalization of metabolism within chicory roots and the molecular basis of the development of laticifers that produce the chicory latex, we ...
Khabat Vahabi +5 more
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Changing Trends in the Use of Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) in Southeast Asia [PDF]
, 2017 This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Darshan Singh, Suresh Narayanan, Balasingam Vicknasingam, Ornella Corazza, Rita Santacroce, and Andres Roman-Urrestarazu, ‘Changing trends in the use of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) in ...
Corazza, Ornella +5 more
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Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.In the realm of cardiovascular diseases, myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury (MIRI) is known as one of the main life‐threatening conditions with significant morbidity and mortality. Although some therapeutic approaches, like pharmacological treatments and ischemic preconditioning, have been suggested for MIRI, offering a functional approach with ...
Mehdi Dehghani Firoozabadi +3 more
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Chemosensors, 2023 Intoxication due to the consumption of poppy seed teas has been reported due to their contamination with opium alkaloids (OAs). In this work, an efficient methodology based on microsolid-phase extraction (µSPEed®) followed by gas chromatography–mass ...
Gema Casado-Hidalgo +4 more
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Plants, 2023 In this paper, we present the morphology, taxonomy, anatomy, and palynology of Papaver somniferum. A detailed morphological description and illustrations of the species are provided, along with information about the identification, distribution ...
Chatchai Ngernsaengsaruay +7 more
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ChemCatChem, Volume 17, Issue 21, November 10, 2025.Cobalamin‐dependent aryl methyl ether O‐demethylases have high potential for biocatalytic applications, including lignin valorization and synthetic chemistry. In this review, we provide a detailed overview of such O‐demethylase systems identified to date from various microorganisms, including their mechanism, substrate scope and selectivity, and ...
Niels Krabbe Johnsen +4 more
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Investigation of the acid/base behaviour of the opium alkaloid thebaine in LC-ESI-MS mobile phase by NMR spectroscopy [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 As part of a research programme to establish an analytical method for the simultaneous detection of the five major opium alkaloids in poppy seeds by liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS) it was discovered that the ...
Michelle G. Carlin +3 more
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Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.Functional foods enriched with bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, carotenoids, omega‐3 fatty acids, and probiotics provide therapeutic benefits through antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, and gut‐modulating mechanisms. Advances in biotechnology and AI have improved screening, formulation, and delivery of these compounds in diverse food matrices ...
Zargull Arshad +4 more
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Alkaloids in the pharmaceutical industry: Structure, isolation and application [PDF]
Hemijska Industrija, 2003 By the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century a new era began in medicine, pharmaceutics and chemistry that was strongly connected with alkaloids and alkaloid drugs.
Nikolić Milan, Đorđević Siniša M.
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