TY - BOOK AU - R�atsch,Christian TI - The encyclopedia of psychoactive plants: ethnopharmacology and its applications SN - 0892819782 (hardcover) AV - REF QK 99 .A1 R2813 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Rochester, Vt. PB - Park Street Press KW - Psychotropic plants KW - Encyclopedias KW - Ethnopharmacology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 878-907) and index; Introduction -- What are psychoactive plants? -- The use of psychoactive plants -- Psychoactive plants and shamanic consciousness -- The fear of psychoactive plants -- The study of psychoactive plants -- Psychoactive plants as factors in the development of culture -- The psychoactive plants -- On the structure of the major monographs -- The most important genera and species from A to Z -- Major monographs -- Little-studied psychoactive plants -- Minor monographs -- Reputed psychoactive plants -- "Legal highs" -- Psychoactive plants that have not yet been identified -- Psychoactive fungi -- The archaeology of entheogenic mushroom cults -- Cultivating mushrooms -- The genera and species from A to Z -- Purported psychoactive fungi -- General literature on psychoactive fungi -- Psychoactive products -- Active constituents of plants -- Active plant constituents and neurotransmitters -- The active plant constituents from A to Z -- Botanical taxonomy of psychoactive plants and fungi N2 - "The most comprehensive guide to the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of all known psychoactive plants"--Provided by publisher UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004027227.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0644/2004027227-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0644/2004027227-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0644/2004027227-s.html ER -