Brosimum acutifolium

Brosimum acutifolium is a tree of the genus Brosimum that is found in South America.^[1]^[2]^[3] The latex of Brosimum acutifolium contains bufotenin and is used as an entheogen and hallucinogen under the name takini by certain peoples in South America.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Neumann J, Dhein S, Kirchhefer U, Hofmann B, Gergs U (2024). "Effects of hallucinogenic drugs on the human heart". Front Pharmacol. 15: 1334218. doi:10.3389/fphar.2024.1334218. PMC 10869618. PMID 38370480. S2CID 267489833.
^ ^a ^b Ujváry I (2014). "Psychoactive natural products: overview of recent developments". Ann Ist Super Sanità. 50 (1): 12–27. doi:10.4415/ANN_14_01_04. PMID 24695249.
^ ^a ^b Moretti C, Gaillard Y, Grenand P, Bévalot F, Prévosto JM (June 2006). "Identification of 5-hydroxy-tryptamine (bufotenine) in takini (Brosimumacutifolium Huber subsp. acutifolium C.C. Berg, Moraceae), a shamanic potion used in the Guiana Plateau". J Ethnopharmacol. 106 (2): 198–202. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.12.022. PMID 16455218.

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