Dragon's Blood incense: misbranded as a drug of abuse?
| Autor: | R. Young, R.R. Steiner, S.L. Ford, R. Thiericke, W.H. Soine |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Male Drugs of abuse Dracorhodin media_common.quotation_subject Drug Evaluation Preclinical Poison control Mice Inbred Strains Pathology and Forensic Medicine Incense Toxicology Mice Dragon's blood Medicine Animals Dronabinol media_common Traditional medicine Dose-Response Relationship Drug business.industry Illicit Drugs Virginia Plants Daemonorops draco Biological Assay business Law Injections Intraperitoneal Psychomotor Performance Resins Plant |
| Zdroj: | Forensic science international. 115(1-2) |
| ISSN: | 0379-0738 |
| Popis: | An unknown red substance was being sold and used with other drugs of abuse in Virginia (often being used in conjunction with marihuana). The red substance was identified as Dragon's Blood incense from Daemonorops draco. In bioassays, Dragon's Blood incense exhibited a low, but measurable cytotoxicity in in vitro cell lines. Dragon's Blood incense or Volatilized Dragon's Blood had no adverse effect on mouse motor performance based on the inclined screen and rotorod tests. delta(9)-Tetrahydrocannibinol (THC) produced a dose-related decline in mouse performance on the rotorod test. The combination of Dragon's Blood incense or Volatilized Dragon's Blood with delta(9)-THC did not contribute further to the impairment of the mice on the rotorod. This data suggests that the abuse potential for Dragon's Blood incense alone or in combination with marihuana is minimal. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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