Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za farmacijo, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
PLoS One. 2021 Feb 22;16(2):e0247688. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247688. eCollection 2021.
Anticholinergic plants of the family Solanaceae have a long history of use as medicines, poisons, and recreational drugs. Though they were the intoxicating substances of choice throughout Europe for centuries, their use for these purposes has declined with the globalisation of other recreational drugs. The present study sought to examine the level of knowledge surrounding these plants among individuals who had used other hallucinogenic plants or mushrooms in Slovenia. Participants were questioned in regards to the anticholinergic Solanaceae that are known to grow wild in Slovenia: Atropa belladonna L., Datura stramonium L., Hyoscyamus niger L., and Scopolia carniolica L. As expected, only a small number of individuals had any substantial knowledge of these plants, and fewer still had used them; some were even unfamiliar with any of these plants. Knowledge of toxicity generally arose from family members, while books and the internet played prominent roles in regards to use knowledge. Knowledge of the plants was vastly varied, with many individuals confusing the plants for others, especially other members of the Solanaceae. Ultimately, a small group of individuals had the largest body of knowledge of these plants, though this was linked with university studies rather than traditional uses. Knowledge of the intoxicating Solanaceae has been largely lost in Slovenia among users of other botanical hallucinogens, likely due to the various dangers their use poses and the undesirable effects they often cause.
茄科具有抗胆碱能作用的植物在作为药物、毒物和娱乐性药物方面有着悠久的历史。尽管它们在几个世纪以来一直是欧洲人选择的致幻物质，但随着其他娱乐性药物在全球范围内的普及，它们的使用已经减少。本研究旨在检查在斯洛文尼亚使用过其他致幻植物或蘑菇的个体对这些植物的了解程度。研究人员询问了他们对已知在斯洛文尼亚野生生长的茄科抗胆碱能植物的了解程度：颠茄、曼陀罗、天仙子和莨菪。正如预期的那样，只有少数人对这些植物有相当多的了解，更少的人使用过它们；有些人甚至对这些植物一无所知。对毒性的认识通常来自家庭成员，而书籍和互联网在使用知识方面发挥了突出作用。对植物的认识差异很大，许多人将这些植物与其他植物混淆，尤其是茄科的其他植物。最终，少数人对这些植物有最多的了解，尽管这与大学研究有关，而不是与传统用途有关。在使用其他植物性致幻剂的斯洛文尼亚人中，对致幻性茄科植物的了解已经大大丧失，这可能是由于其使用带来的各种危险和它们经常引起的不良影响。
