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Infografias Periodicas: Estimulantes comunes provenientes de las plantas

El profesor de química y bloguero de Compound Interest Andy Brunning describe algunos estimulantes conocidos que producen las plantas y explica por qué los producen.

by Andy Brunning, special to C&EN
February 28, 2022 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 8
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Purinergic stimulants, such as caffeine, cause stimulant effects by blocking receptors for purine neurotransmitters.
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Para descargar el pdf de este artículo: cenm.ag/estimulantes.

Referencias usadas para crear esta infografía:

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.

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