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Feb 2, 2021

Uvuma-Omhlope (Synaptolepis kirkii) A shrub native to Africa used traditionally for inducing prophetic and spiritual dreams/visions. Contains potent neurotrophic and antileukemic activity-inducing kirkinine.

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Kirkinine, a new daphnane orthoester with potent neurotrophic activity from Synaptolepis kirkii -...

The bioassay-guided fractionation of a dichloromethane extract from the roots of Synaptolepis kirkii using neuronal viability as a model allowed the isolation of the new daphnane orthoester kirkinine...

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Feb 2, 2021

Quite the interesting plant. I’ve used the roots from it: dreams are very vivid and enlightening—but not overwhelmingly so—, and also after using it for a while I definitely feel the neurotrophic effects, e.g. increased mental clarity.

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Not much information about this around the web either; two or so articles on PubMed about kirkinine and a few marketplaces that sell it have brief descriptions. Would love to learn more about this plant.

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