Serotonin Enhancers

Question 1

What amino acid is serotonin derived from?

Answer 1

tryptophan

Question 2

Where does serotonin most commonly occur?

Answer 2

the upper brain stem

Question 3

Identifying traits of iboga

Answer 3

woody shrub, periwinkle family, native to Africa, hallucinogen

Question 4

What’s the active principle in iboga?

Answer 4

ibogaine, enhances psychic powers, increases inspiration and assists in contemplation

Question 5

Which cult is iboga important to?

Answer 5

Bwiti

Question 6

What active principle is being investigated for opiate addiction therapy?

Answer 6

ibogaine; reduces unpleasant symptoms of heroin withdrawal

Question 7

Where are psilocybin mushrooms traditionally used?

Answer 7

Central America

Question 8

What caused magic mushrooms to be denounced?

Answer 8

Spanish inquisition

Question 9

Who published an article about magic mushrooms and was shown a sacred mushroom ceremony?

Answer 9

Wasson

Question 10

What are the active principles in magic mushrooms?

Answer 10

psilocybin and psilocin, serotonin mimickers

Question 11

What’s the active principles in virola snuff?

Answer 11

tryptamine alkaloids like dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and smaller amounts of beta-carboline alkaloids like harmine

Question 12

What does the DMT-MAO inhibitor combination do?

Answer 12

enhances the hallucinogenic effect

Question 13

What part of the yopo tree contains the highest concentration of hallucinogen?

Answer 13

the seeds

Question 14

Who was the first European to witness the use of yopo snuff?

Answer 14

Baron von Humbolt

Question 15

What did von Humbolt think contained the hallucinogenic material instead of the plant?

Answer 15

snail shells that were mixed with yopo

Question 16

What does yopo contain that virola does not?

Answer 16

bufotenine

Question 17

Identifying traits of cebil

Answer 17

native to South America, tree

Question 18

Active principle of cebil snuff?

Answer 18

bufotenine

Question 19

How do cebil hallucinations differ from virola or yopo?

Answer 19

hallucinations are typically in black and white, and imagery is abstract and worm like

Question 20

With what drug does the collective unconsciousness become a reality?

Answer 20

ayahuasca

Question 21

How long does ayahuasca beverage stay potent?

Answer 21

a month

Question 22

What type of alkaloid is present in ayahuasca?

Answer 22

beta-carboline, includes harmine and hamaline

Question 23

Identifying traits of morning glories

Answer 23

native to central and south america

Question 24

Which morning glory plant produces angular seeds?

Answer 24

tlitliltzin

Question 25

Which morning glory plant produces round seeds?

Answer 25

ololiuqui

Question 26

Who suppressed the use of morning glories?

Answer 26

spaniards, like with mushrooms

Question 27

What type of alkaloid was found in ololiuqui?

Answer 27

lysergic acid, same as fungal ergot

Question 28

What are the fruiting bodies called that ergot creates?

Answer 28

schlerotia

Question 29

What is ergot poisoning called?

Answer 29

St. Anthony's fire

Question 30

What was given to women during childbirth?

Answer 30

ergometrine, to induce labour

Question 31

What was used to treat head pain and migraines?

Answer 31

ergotamine

Question 32

Who investigated the pharmacology of ergot alkaloids?

Answer 32

Albert Hofmann

Question 33

What did Albert Hofmann accidentally ingest?

Answer 33

LSD

Question 34

What drug did the Harvard experiments consist of?

Answer 34

LSD

Question 35

Who got fired from Harvard?

Answer 35

Alpert and Leary

Question 36

Why and for how long was Leary arrested?

Answer 36

for possession of marijuana, for 30 years

Question 37

Which plant is used in the object ritual, where women and children are said to reveal where they hid treasure in their former lives?

Answer 37

iboga

Question 38

With which drug does the world appear to be turned upside down?

Answer 38

virola

Question 39

Which of these is not a phase of ayahuasca experience? | Spiralling, voices, visual distortion, flying

Answer 39

voices

Question 40

What was LSD used to treat?

Answer 40

schizophrenia