Tabernanthe iboga

species of plant

Bwiti is a spiritual discipline of the forest-dwelling Punu people and Mitsogo peoples of Gabon (where it is recognized as one of three official religions) and by the Fang people of Gabon. Modern Bwiti incorporates animism, ancestor worship, and in some cases, Christianity, into a syncretistic belief system.

18-Methoxycoronaridine (18-MC; developmental code name MM-110), also known as zolunicant (), is a derivative of ibogaine invented in 1996 by the research team around the pharmacologist Stanley D. Glick from the Albany Medical College and the chemists Upul K. Bandarage and Martin E. Kuehne from the University of Vermont. In animal studies it has proven to be effective at reducing self-administration of morphine, cocaine, methamphetamine, nicotine, and sucrose. It has also been shown to produce anorectic effects in obese rats, most likely due to the same actions on the reward system which underl

Noribogaine, also known as '''O-desmethylibogaine or 12-hydroxyibogamine', is the principal psychoactive metabolite of the oneirogen ibogaine. It is thought to be involved in the antiaddictive effects of ibogaine-containing plant extracts, such as Tabernanthe iboga''.