What common stimulants do we get from plants? – in C&EN

 

To download a pdf of this article, visit http://cenm.ag/stimulants.

References used to create this graphic:

Oliver-Bever, B. “Why Do Plants Produce Drugs? Which Is Their Function in the Plants?” Q. J. Crude Drug Res. (1970). DOI: 10.3109/13880207009066221.

Spinella, Marcello. The Psychopharmacology of Herbal Medicine: Plant Drugs That Alter Mind, Brain, and Behavior. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001.

Wiart, Christophe. “Plants Affecting the Central Nervous System.” In Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants: Asia and the Pacific, 57–153. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2006.

A collaboration between C&EN and Andy Brunning, author of the popular graphics blog Compound Interest

Diferentes tipos de rosas.

‘McGregor’s New Fancy Roses.’ Illustration from ‘Floral Gems for Spring of 1911′ by The McGregor Bros Co. Springfield, Ohio.U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library.

Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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