Mitragynine, commonly known as Kratom, is the most abundant alkaloid in the plant Mitragynine speciosa. Sold over the internet as herbal plant extracts, Kratom is noted for its psychoactive, stimulant, and sedative effects depending on the dosage level. According to DEA′s Drugs and Chemicals of Concern page, mitragynine use can lead to addiction with adverse effects ranging from anorexia and weight loss to hallucinations and delusion.
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Journal of analytical toxicology, 35(4), 242-247 (2011-04-26)
The leaves of Kratom, a medicinal plant in Southeast Asia, have been used as an herbal drug for a long time. At least one of the alkaloids present in Kratom, mitragynine, is a mu-receptor agonist. Both Kratom and an additional
Mitragynine is a pharmacologically-active terpenoid indole alkaloid found in Mitragyna speciosa leaves. Treatment with methyl jasmonate (10 μM) for 24 h and yeast extract (0.1 mg/ml) for 12 h were the optimum conditions of elicitation of mitragynine accumulation in a
Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 879(15-16), 1049-1055 (2011-04-01)
Mitragyna speciosa (Kratom in Thai), native in Southeast Asia, is increasingly misused as a herbal drug of abuse. During metabolism studies on the Kratom alkaloids mitragynine, its diastereomers speciogynine and speciociliatine as well as paynantheine in rats and humans, further
Journal of addiction medicine, 5(4), 300-301 (2011-08-06)
Here we present a case of a coincidence of addiction to "Kratom" (botanically known as Mitragyna speciosa Korth) and developed severe primary hypothyroidism. We are discussing a possibility that high dose of indole alkaloid mitragynine (the major alkaloid identified from
Mitragyna speciosa, a native plant of Thailand and Malaysia known as 'ketum', is a plant of considerable interest. It exhibits strong antinociceptive effect and yet, acts like a psychostimulant. Due to the affordability and its ease of availability, the abuse
