ololiuqui

Japanese: ololiuqui
ololiuqui

...Christian missionaries tried to banish them as demonic, but even after the Indians converted to Christianity, belief in these plants remained. Ololiuqui, used in Mexico, is the seed of Rivea corymbosa , a type of bindweed. As early as 1651, long before Harvard University botanist Schultes's detailed study in 1941, Spanish physician Francisco Hernandez recorded that "the ingestion of this causes delirium, the vision of hundreds of scenes, and diabolical hallucinations..." According to Albert Hofmann, who analyzed the seeds, the active ingredients are lysergic acid amide and lysergic acid-1-hydroxyethyl amide, which have a potency about 1/20 to 1/40 of that of LSD-25. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "ololiuqui" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…キリスト教の伝道者がこれを悪魔的なものとして追放しようと努めたが,インディオたちがキリスト教に改宗してからも,こうした植物に対する信仰は残った。メキシコで使われるオロリウクイololiuquiはヒルガオの一種Rivea corymbosaの種子で,1941年にハーバード大学の植物学者シュルテスR.E.Schultesが詳しく調べるはるか以前の1651年に,早くもスペインの医師エルナンデスFrancisco Hernandezが〈これを食べると譫妄(せんもう)状態になり,幾百もの景色が見え,悪魔的幻覚が現れ……〉と記録している。その種子を分析したホフマンAlbert Hofmannによると,有効成分はリゼルギン酸アミドとリゼルギン酸‐1‐ヒドロキシエチルアミドで,LSD‐25の1/20~1/40ほどの効力をもつという。…

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