Nutmeg: Difference between revisions
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| generic = Nutmeg | | generic = Nutmeg | ||
| brand = ''Myristica fragrans''. Mace (the fruit aril) | | brand = ''Myristica fragrans''. Mace (the fruit aril) | ||
| classes = Plant | | classes = Plant Med, Empathogenica | ||
| uses = <vote slug="culinary-use">Culinary spice</vote> | | uses = <vote slug="culinary-use">Culinary spice</vote> | ||
| starting_dose = 0.5–1 oz (10–30 g) ground for psychoactive effect; far smaller for culinary use | | starting_dose = 0.5–1 oz (10–30 g) ground for psychoactive effect; far smaller for culinary use | ||
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| duration = 12–24 h or longer | | duration = 12–24 h or longer | ||
| mechanism = Active oils are myristicin, elemicin, and safrole — phenethylamine precursors that may be aminated in vivo to MMDA, TMA, and MDA respectively (Shulgin's 'essential amphetamines' hypothesis). | | mechanism = Active oils are myristicin, elemicin, and safrole — phenethylamine precursors that may be aminated in vivo to MMDA, TMA, and MDA respectively (Shulgin's 'essential amphetamines' hypothesis). | ||
| intro = Nutmeg is the dried seed kernel of ''Myristica fragrans'', a Moluccan tree of the Myristicaceae (same family as the South American DMT-source ''Virola''). At psychoactive doses (a sizable spoonful or more), produces a slow onset of empathogenic/dreamy effects lasting well into the next day, often with heavy nausea — [[Pendell]]'s " | | intro = Nutmeg is the dried seed kernel of ''Myristica fragrans'', a Moluccan tree of the Myristicaceae (same family as the South American DMT-source ''Virola''). At psychoactive doses (a sizable spoonful or more), produces a slow onset of empathogenic/dreamy effects lasting well into the next day, often with heavy nausea — [[Pendell]]'s "med-of-last-resort." | ||
| seealso = [[MDMA]], [[MDA]], [[Cinnamon]] | | seealso = [[MDMA]], [[MDA]], [[Cinnamon]] | ||
| references = <references/> | | references = <references/> | ||