An African plant inspires scientists to create compounds that treat addiction and depression

American scientists have developed two medical compounds to simulate the effect of “epogen” extracted from the “epoja” plant, resulting from the use of “deep hallucinations”, with the aim of creating new medicines that help treat addiction and depression. The “epoja” plant is common in Africa and is used by the “Boetti” sects in Gabon as part of its religious and healing practices, as it says it can cause “deep hallucinations and unique spiritual experiences thanks to the (epogen) that come from its roots.” In recent years, this substance has attracted the attention of scientists as a possible treatment for drug addiction, as some researchers and his defenders believe they are working to get rid of patients from the symptoms of psychological and biological withdrawal of opioid material. Brian Shuisht, a professor at the University of California, in ‘San Francisco’, said that ‘the two new boats are chemically unrelated to the epogen, although it is bound by the cert nervous and gives some of the same consequences, but better.’ Neurological vectors play an important role in different physiological processes, including absorption and release of substances in the brain. “The two new boats have shown an activity against the withdrawal of opiates, and in analogy with other serotonin (lucky hormone) inhibitors,” Shuist said in statements to Al -Sharq. “The molecules can be active against severe depression and related diseases.” And he added: “These compounds are likely to be more effective and useful in the disease of the central nervous system more than most medicines against depression, but the journey to convert new vehicles into medicine has just begun.” He continued: “It is possible that vehicles are able to treat things like withdrawal from drugs more effectively, but this is currently just a possibility, as the drug has not yet been tested on humans.” The use of ‘epogen’ as a treatment for addiction is a controversial matter and is still illegal in many countries, including the United States, as the substance is classified as a medicine of the first table, which means it is considered a high probability of abuse and has no acceptable medical use. In the nineteenth and twentieth century, doctors in Europe and the United States tried to use it to treat a variety of diseases, but the drug was not widely received and in the end became illegal in different countries. Also read: