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Definition of Ibogaine
1. Noun. A naturally-occurring psychoactive compound found in a number of plants, principally iboga, and used for medicinal and ritual purposes in African spiritual traditions of the Bwiti. ¹
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Definition of Ibogaine
1. an alkaloid used as an antidepressant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ibogaine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ibogaine
Literary usage of Ibogaine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Problems of Drug Dependence: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting by Louie S. Harrie (1999)
"Acutely, ibogaine also decreases extracellular levels of dopamine in the nucleus
accumbens and striatum while ibogaine pretreatment (19 hours beforehand) ..."
2. The Plant Alkaloids by Thomas Anderson Henry (1913)
"ibogaine is said to resemble cocaine in taste and in small doses to stimulate
the central nervous system. It possesses anaesthetic properties and in large ..."
3. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Arthur Amos Noyes, William Albert Noyes (1904)
"... due to an alkaloid named ibogaine. The latter causes anesthesia like cocaine,
and acts upon the medulla like kola. ..."
4. The Modern Materia Medica: The Source, Chemical and Physical Properties by Druggists circular (1912)
"Marketed by A. Klipstein & Co., New York. ibogaine HYDROCHLORIDE, C^NAHCl.
is the salt of an alkaloid obtained from the root of iboga taber- ..."