03-27-03 21:02
No 421898
Just got my issue of Discover today... interesting popular-language overview of ibogaine and its cogener, 18-methoxycoronaridine.
18-MC, according to the article, presents some of the addiction-quelling properties of ibogaine without ibogaine's side effects. Don't know if this would be of use to anyone... I am still teaching myself o-chem and thought someone may wish to try and synth/taste/research this. A WebCrawl for 18-methoxycoronaridine found this blurb:
...18-methoxycoronaridine exerts its anti-addictive effects via a reversal of the neuroadapations mediating increased incentive salience for drugs of abuse...
Maybe in addition to its apparent anti-addiction potential, could it be used by hedonists (read: people like me) to resensitize the CNS to 5-HT-ergic and DA-ergic (read: almost any enjoyable) drugs?
The article:
Abrams, Michael. "The End Of Craving." Discover May 2003 (vol. 24 : no. 5) pgs 24-5.
Page of citations of 18-MC research:
http://www.ibogaine.org/18-mc/
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(Chief Bee)
03-28-03 10:04
No 422036
Ibogaine is pretty much unsynthesizable, I have only seen one preparation of it in the literature, and that one comprised 35 steps or something in total...
(Hive Addict)
03-28-03 20:30
No 422163
A Comprehensive Literature Review to bee found at: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~jfreed1/Iboga
Here is it in PDF format: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~jfreed1/Iboga
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(Hive Addict)
03-28-03 22:13
No 422178
This makes me wonder if not 2C-I should be classified as an oneirogenic material?
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(I'm Yust a Typo)
03-29-03 02:49
No 422231
Yup, I've noticed this on 2C-I too. Depends a lot on setting. Other materials (2C-E) have this property too.