Historical overview of psychoactive mushrooms
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Historical overview of psychoactive mushrooms
Humans have used psychoactive mushrooms for medical, recreational, religious and ritual purposes since pre-history. Previous studies have clarified that psychoactive mushrooms produce psychoactive agents such as psilocybin, psilocin, ibotenic acid, and muscimol. However, the status of psychoactive mushrooms in most countries as illegal hallucinogens has prevented full investigation of their bio...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Inflammation and Regeneration
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1880-9693,1880-8190
DOI: 10.2492/inflammregen.29.47