Turbina Corymbosa Research Articles

Ergot-type alkaloids in vegetative tissue of Rivea corymbosa (L.) Hall. f.

The ergot alkaloids, ergine and isoergine, were found in the leaf and stem but not in the root of Rivea corymbosa, which had been grown in a greenhouse. The amount per plant increased with time reaching a maxima of 0.027 and 0.012 per cent dry weight in the leaf and stem, respectively, after approximately 9 months' growth.

Isolation and Partial Characterization of a Glucoside from Rivea corymbosa (L.) Hallier Filius

Isolation and Partial Characterization of a Glucoside from Rivea corymbosa (L.) Hallier Filius

Location of ergot alkaloid and fungi in the seed of Rivea corymbosa (L.) Hall. f., "ololiuqui".

Ergot-type alkaloids were found to be present in the embryo but not in the seed coat, seed membranes, or resinous layer under the seed coat of the hallucinogenic seed "ololiuqui" (Rivea corymbosa (L.) Hall. f.). The alkaloids were typically present in the seeds. Fungi were found to be present in the seed coat but not embryo of surface-sterilized seeds. They also were typically present in the seed and were concentrated about the hilum. The only fungi present in the seed were Chaetomium globosum, C. reflexum, C. spinosum, C. funicolum, and Fusarium moniliforme. The absence of fungi in the region of the seed which contained the alkaloid suggests that fungi are not the source of alkaloid.

Isolation of lysergic acid alkaloids from the Mexican drug ololiuqui (Rivea corymbosa (L.) Hall.f.)

The psychotomimetic active principles of the ancient aztec drug «Ololiuqui» (Rivea corymbosa (L.) Hall. f.) have been found to be alkaloids of the ergot type. Three of the components could be crystallized and identified, i.e. ergine (isolysergic acid amide), isoergine (Lysergic acid amide) and chanoclavin. The same alkaloids were found in the seeds of the related convolvulaceous vineI pomoea tricolor Cav.

TEONANACATL: THE NARCOTIC MUSHROOM OF THE AZTECS2

[429] Because of the important roles which they played in ceremonial and in daily life, the narcotic plants of ancient Mexico are of especial interest to the anthropologist. Mexico possessed and still possesses many plant narcotics and intoxicants, of which a few are outstanding in their uses and are extremely interesting because of their great antiquity as well as because of the important bearing their use, distribution and history may have on questions of a theoretical nature. Of the most notable, are the toleselo or coral-berry (Sophora secundiflora (Ort.) Lag. ex DC.), ololiuhqui or piule (Rivea corymbosa (L.) Hall. f.), peyote (Lophophora williamsii (Lem.) Coult.), and teonanacatl (Paneolus campanulatus L. var. sphinctrinus (Fr.) Bresadola).