The ethnobotany of psychoactive plant use: a phylogenetic perspective
Psychoactive plants contain chemicals that presumably evolved as allelochemicals but target certain neuronal receptors when consumed by humans, altering perception, emotion and cognition. These plants have been used since ancient times as medicines and in the context of religious rituals for their v...
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PeerJ Inc.
2016-10-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/2546.pdf |