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muscarine

muscarinic cholinergic receptor agonist, parasympathomimetic
pilocarpine
muscarinic chlinergic receptor agonist, ganglionic agonist, parasympathomimetic
arecoline
muscarinic cholinergic receptor agonist, ganglionic receptor agonist, parasympathomimetic
endogenous acetylcholine
muscarinic cholinergic receptor agonist, ganglionic receptor agonist, sensory motor agonist, parasympathomimetic
physostigmine
acts on muscarinic cholinergic, ganglionic, and sensory-motor receptors by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase (the enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine); peripheral nervous system enhancer
nicotine
ganglionic and sensory-motor receptor agonist; periperhal nervous system enhancer
lobeline
ganglionic and sensory-motor receptor agonist; peripheral nervous system enhancer
endogenous norepinephrine
adrenergic receptor agonist
ephedrine
adrenergic receptor direct agonist; increases release of norepinephrine from nerve terminus
cocaine
adrenergic receptor agonist - norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitor
atropine
muscarinic cholinergic antagonist; peripheral nervous system blocker
scopolamine
muscarinic cholinergic antagonist; peripheral nervous system blocker
D-tubocurarine
ganglionic and sensory-motor receptor antagonist; increases acetylcholinesterase (enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine); peripheral nervous system blocker
botulinum toxin
acts on muscarinic cholinergic, ganglionic, and sensory-motor by decreasing the release of acetylcholine from the nerve terminus; peripheral nervous system blocker
resperine
adrenergic receptor antagonist by damaging vesicles that contain norepinephrine in nerve terminus; peripheral nervous system blocker
atenol and metoprolol
adrenergic receptor antagonist; selective beta 1 blockers; peripheral nervous system blocker
nicotine
ganglionic receptor antagonist (with a high enough dose) by causing persisten depolarization that causes the receptor to shut down
endogenous serotonin
direct agonist on serotonin receptors
hyperforin
re-uptake inhibitor of serotonin
LSD
direct agonist, re-uptake inhibitor of serotonin, indolemine
lysergol from Claviceps purpurea
direct agonist of serotonin receptors; indolemine
reserpine and desperidine
damages vesicle that contain neurotransmitter in the nerve terminus (serotonin receptors, dopamine receptors, norepinephrine receptors)
MDMA
direct agonist on serotonin receptors
Amanita muscaria
Common name: amanita, fly agaric mushroom
Geography: Siberia, N. America
Cultural origins: mushroom eaten by Siberian indigenous as hallucinogen
active compound: muscarine
Pilocarpus jaborandi
Common name: jaborandi
Geography: Tropical America, W. Indies
Cultural origins: Tupi culture in Brazil to induce salivation/sweating
active compound: pilocarpine
Arecha catechu
Common name: Betel nut, betel, areca nut
Geography: South Asia, Indomalasia, Oceania, originated in Sulawesi
Active compounds: arecoline
Physostigma venenosum
Common name: calabar, ordeal, esere bean
Geography: West Africa
Cultural origins: Efik people of the Calabar region of South-Eastern Nigeria
Atropa belladonna
Common name: belladonna
Geography: Europe, Asia Minor
Hyoscyamus niger
Common name: henbane
Geography: Eurasia, Northern Africa, naturalized in N. America
Hyoscyamus muticus
Common name: henbane
Geography: India to Egypt
Mandragor offcinarium
Common name: mandrake
Geography: Europe to the Himalaya mountains
Datura stramonium
Common name: Wysoccan, Jimson weed, jamestown weed, thorn apple
Geography: North America
Nicotiana tabacum
Common name: tobacco
Geography: South America
Lobelia inflata
Common name: Indian tobacco
Geography: North America
Cultural origins: Native Americans used the leaves as a respiratory expectorant and for chest conditions
Chondrodendron tomentosa
Common names: curare, pareira root, pareira brava
Geography: Rainforests of South America\
cultural origins: poison arrows by numerous Amazonian indigenous groups
Strychnos toxifera
common name: toxiferine
Geography: Tropical South America
Rauvolfia serpentina
Common name: Rauvolfia
Geography: India, Indomalasia
Pausinystalia johimbe
common name: Yohimbine
Geography: West Africa
Cultural origins: taken orally as an aphrodisiac in W. Africa by many different ethnolinguistic groups
Papaver somniferum
Common name: Papaverine
Hypericum perforatum
Common name: St. John's Wort
Geography: Eurasia, naturalized in North America
Erythroxylum coca
Common name: Cocain
Geography: South America
Clavaceps purpura
Common name: Ergot fungus
Geography: Europe
Catha edulis
Common names: khat, cafta, qat, miraa
Geography: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Yemen
Cultural origins: fresh leaves chew socially as a stimulant to enhance sense of well-being and sociability
Anamirta cocculus
Common names: Fish-berry, Indian berry
Geography: Indomalasia
Artemisia absinthum
common name: Absinthe, wormwood
Geography: Europe
Piper methysticum
Common names: kava, kawa
Geography: originated in Vanuatu in Melanesia and was introduced to Tahiti and Hawaii
Cultural origins: Social beverage consumed during community meetings to contribute to harmony, enhance communication, etc.
Melissa officinalis
Common name: lemon balm
Geography: Southern Europe
Valeriana officinalis
Common name: Valerian
Geography: Europe
Humulus lupulus
Common name: hops
Geography: europe
Lavandula angustifolia
Common name: lavender
Geography: Europe
Psychotria ipecacuanha
Common names: Ipecacuanha, ipecac, Brazil root
Geography: South America
Ginkgo Biloba
Common name: Ginkgo
Geography: China
Cultural origins: tree has been cultivated in Chinese Buddhist monasteries as a medicinal plant for centuries
Curcuma longa
Common names: curcumin, tumeric
Geography: India
Cannabis sativa
Common names: marijuana
Geography: Asia
Papaver somniferum
Common names: opium
Geography: Western Meditteranean, Near East
Inca Medicine
Public health enhanced by an annual health ceremony. Citua when families cleaned their homes; well-developed baths and sewage systems, systems for the welfare and employment of the elderly and crippled, highly developed surgery including trepinations, tumor excisions, biting ants used as clamps to close wounds, amputations and prostheses were used
Mayan medicine
written medical texts and an extensive plant pharmacopoeia and documented their medicine in pictographic codices
Aztec medicine
1200 medicinal plants described by Aztecs, Aztec king had own botanic garden. Physician to king of Spain studied 7 years with Aztec physicians in Mexico
Flexner Report
An A rank was only given to school that had to have a pure molecule pharmaceutically oriented treatment program
acetylcholine
neurotransmitter released from preganglionic nerve fibers of PNS and SNS and postganglionic nerve fibers of PNS and non-muscarinic sweat glands
cholinergic
related to effects on nerve cells or fibers that use acetylcholine as their neurotransmitter
muscarinic effects
producing effects that resemble post-ganglionic parasympathetic receptor stimulation
cholinergic blockers
compounds that inhibit the action of parasympathetic and other cholinergic fibers
adrenergic
related to effects on nerve cells or fibers in the ANS that use norepinephrine as their neurotransmitter
nicotinic effect
the subset of actions normally produced by endogenous acetylcholine on nicotinic receptors that can also be produced by exogenous nicotine
which exogenous molecules can the muscarinic effect be seen?
muscarine, pilocarpine, arecoline, and physostigmine
Which exogenous molecules produced the adrenergic effect?
ephedrine or cocaine
which molecules have antagonistic effects on nicotinic receptors?
D-tubocurarine, toxiferine, and botox
which molecules have anticholinergic effects?
atropine and scopolamine
what is the antedote for muscarine?
1-2 mg of atropine IM every 30 minutes
which culture is pilocarpine or Pilocarpus jaborandi asociated wth?
Tupi culture in Brazil chew leaves to induce salivation and sweating
What is the antedote for pilocarpine?
atropine
aceclidine is the treatment for what disease?
glaucoma
gabitril is the treatment for what?
seizures
Which culture is physostigmine associated with?
Efik people of the Calabar region of south-eastern Nigeria
What is the antidote for physostigmine?
atropine
Mesopotamia medicine
Medical documents were written on clay tablets and report the existence of physicians in the Sumerian Empire as early as 3000 BC, legal code written in Babylon around 2250 BC
Egyptian medicine
writings from 2900 BC describe Imhotep as a highly achieved physician; four funadmental elements: earth, water, fire, air; Ebers Papyrus - book is a medical textbook; raw liver a rich source of vitamin A was given to treat children with night blindness
what is the antidote for belladonna poisoning?
1-4 mg of physostigmine
what effect does nicotine have in high doses on a molecular level?
can cause autonomic ganglionic blockade by causing persistant depolarization of autonomic ganglia receptors causing them to shut down
chinese medicine
2900 BC, the emperor Fu-Shi presented the philosophy of yin/yang; 5 basic elements - earth, metal, wood, fire, water; disease is disharmony among the five fundamental organs
ayurvedic medicine
first plastic surgery - 500 BC in India; 6 chakras, 5 basic principles: earth, air, sky, fire, water; 2 qualities: hot/cold, 3 humors: air, bile, phlegm, 6 body elements: chyle, blood, flesh, bone marrow, semen.
Susruta philosophy
treatment should not be stronger than the disease or the patient
Siddha medicine
siddha is a perfected being with superhuman powers; five elements: earth, air, water, fire, and akasa, 3 humors - bile, wind, phlegm, Kaya Kalpa technique
what is the mechanism of action of amphetamines
increases presynaptic release of dopamine from nerve terminus, inhibits dopamine matabolism by MOA in nerve terminus
what are some source of exogenous scopolamine?
atropa belladonna, hyoscyamus niger, datura, brugsmansia
Alcmaeon
disease is a disruption of the equilibrium between the qualities of the body components; also described the trachea, optic nerve, and two blood vessels
Democritius
theory of minute atoms being the fundamental unit of the physical world
Epedocles
put forth important theories on the humors that were integrated into writings of Hippocrates, Aristotle and Galen
Asclepias
established as the god of disease and healing; staff and holy nsake continue to be symbols of the AMA; patients would sleep in his temple and be treated by incubation
Hippocrates
50-70 books including several important ones on medicine
physis
the concept that nature has its own strong healing force and that the physician should assist nature in healing rather than direct it
Cannabis sativa (marijuana)
Geography: Asia
Ethnomedical uses: used for 1000s of years throughout Asia as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anticonvusantant, anti-depressant, nausea, antiemetic, appetite stimulant, glaucoma
Active compound: tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
Anandamine and palmitylehanolamide bind the same receptors as THC
Which receptor sites does norepinehprine not directly effect?
nicotinic receptors in ganglia of ANS, neuromuscular (skeletal muscle) nicotinic receptor sites of somatic motor system, PNS postganglionic muscarinic receptors of end organ

Citrus aurentium

Bitter Orange


Origin: China +Vietnam


stimulant, appetite suppressant


active compound: synephrine


adrenergic receptor agonista

Theobroma cacao

chocolate-SA

coffee robusta

NE Africa

Camellia sinisis

tea- China


norepinephrine enhancer adenosine blocker(CNS stimulant)

Paullinia cupana

South America


Guarana


2x caffeine than coffee

Ilex guayusa

western Amazon


caffeine theobronine


yerba mate

Coleus Forskohlii

Mountains of South Asia


active compound: forskalin


increases cAMP stimulates fat burning

Islamic Medicine

Islamic Goldne Age 750-1257 CE


Al Razi


Avicema's "The Canon of Medicine"

Norepenephrine Enhancers

cocaine, ephedrine, synephrine, cathinone, amphetamine, caffeine

MAO inhibitors

Catha edulas


methamphetamine


Banisteriopa caapi-harmaline

Banisteriopa caapi

South America


Used in ayahuasca as a hallucinogen/ psychoactive spiritual ceremony


MAO inhibitor: harmine and harmaline

Dopamine Enhancers

Nicotine, Morphine + Opiates, Amphetamines, Cocaine, Levodopa, Bromocriptine and peroglide (derivatives of ergot fungus)

Macuna

Family of plants with large amounts of Levadopa


India, Asia, Florida-decrease irratibility-nerve tonic-increase nerve function

L-dopa

Precursor to dopamine


used to treat Parkinson's (deficiency of dopamine)

Psychotria viridis

Amazon


active compound: DMT


seratonin agonist


hallucinogen

LSD

Albert Hoffman


agonist at seratonin (tryptamine receptors) as well as dopamine receptors

Turbina carymosa

seeds-similar effects of LSD


Latin America and Mexico

Kappa opioid receptor agonist

Salvia-mexico


Ibogaine-Central Africa (speak to ancestors one)

Lephophora wiliamsii

Peyote


TExas+Mexico


psychotic, mescaline

Canabis

Asia


ethnobotanical uses: anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-depressant