The biosynthetic origin of psychoactive kavalactones in kava
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DOI: 10.1038/s41477-019-0474-0
Abstract: Kava (Piper methysticum) is an ethnomedicinal shrub native to the Polynesian islands with well-established anxiolytic and analgesic properties. Its main psychoactive principles, kavalactones, form a unique class of polyketides that interact with the human central… read more here.
Keywords: origin psychoactive; biosynthetic origin; kavalactone; biology ... See more keywords