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| quote  = She has a chemistry no one expected. Not an alkaloid; not a tryptamine; not a phenethylamine — a neoclerodane diterpene, the only non-nitrogenous psychotropic of her order. The receptors she finds are the kappa opioids, the ones the medical literature had filed under 'dysphoria.' She is the molecule that made the textbook footnote into the chapter.
| quote  = The discovery of the astonishingly powerful non-alkaloidal diterpene, salvinorin, in Salvia divinorum, opens up this whole family to deeper investigation — balms, hyssops, skullcaps, sages, catnips. And what delightfully fragrant work!
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Revision as of 23:27, 15 May 2026

Dissociative
Salvinorin A

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Summary
Classes
Dissociative
Common uses
Pharmacy
Pharmacology
Purported mechanism
Kappa-opioid receptor agonist


Pendell's corner
The discovery of the astonishingly powerful non-alkaloidal diterpene, salvinorin, in Salvia divinorum, opens up this whole family to deeper investigation — balms, hyssops, skullcaps, sages, catnips. And what delightfully fragrant work!
— Dale Pendell, Pharmako/Gnosis, p. 330