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==Mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine== | ==Mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine== | ||
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''Mitragyna speciosa'' is a plant species that grows in forests at low altitudes indigenous to Thailand, Malaysia, and Myanmar. ''Mitragyna speciosa'' is otherwise known as Kratom. In indigenous lands, Kratom is generally taken as a dried powder mixed with a liquid, brewed as a tea directly from its leaves, chewed on, and in some cases smoked in order to reduce pain, help with opioid withdrawal symptoms, diarrhea, cough, and among other medical side effects. Over twenty-five different alkaloids have been able to be isolated from Kratom leaves, two of them being '''mitragynine''' and '''7-hydroxymitragynine'''. | ''Mitragyna speciosa'' is a plant species that grows in forests at low altitudes indigenous to Thailand, Malaysia, and Myanmar. ''Mitragyna speciosa'' is otherwise known as Kratom. In indigenous lands, Kratom is generally taken as a dried powder mixed with a liquid, brewed as a tea directly from its leaves, chewed on, and in some cases smoked in order to reduce pain, help with opioid withdrawal symptoms, diarrhea, cough, and among other medical side effects. Over twenty-five different alkaloids have been able to be isolated from Kratom leaves, two of them being '''mitragynine''' and '''7-hydroxymitragynine'''. | ||