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Borundanga

Borundanga. Aka Scopolamine. What is Scopolamine?. Derived from Hyoscyamus niger Also known as Levo-duboisine , Hyoscine or burundaga . Muscarinic Receptor-Blocker like Atropine, both are belladonna Alkaloids MOA: Reversible, nonselective blockade of muscarinic receptors

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Borundanga

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  1. Borundanga Aka Scopolamine

  2. What is Scopolamine? • Derived from Hyoscyamusniger • Also known asLevo-duboisine, Hyoscineor burundaga. • Muscarinic Receptor-Blocker like Atropine, both are belladonna Alkaloids • MOA: Reversible, nonselective blockade of muscarinic receptors • What’s the difference between Atropine and Scopolamine?????

  3. Origins of Zombies • Ancient tribal lords when they died were to be buried with their wives. How do you convince someone to willingly walk into a grave and be buried alive? • Real life zombie drug and in fact the indirectly responsible for the Zombies we have come to know and love on our TV screens.

  4. Uses by the CIA, KGB & Big Brother • Initially used with morphine and chloroform to induce a “twilight sleep” during childbirth. • 1922, Robert House tested scopolamine on 2 criminals who’s guilt was assured. Under the drug both men denied guilt and upon trial were later found not guilty. He concluded patients under scopolamine “cannot create a lie…” (origin of the “truth serum”)

  5. “Devil’s bReath” + off-label Use

  6. Loss of ‘free will’ • Selective effect on memory, whilst leaving other mental functions alone • Affects the amygdala, pacifying effect

  7. Thanks for listening guys  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToQ8PWYnu04

  8. References • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopolamine • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoactive_drug • http://www.theage.com.au/tv/Crime/show/Colombian-Devils-Breath-4292585.html • http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-90-481-2448-0_34 • http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1147361?uid=3738840&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21103707401113 • https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol5no2/html/v05i2a09p_0001.htm • http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Brainwashed?from=Main.Brainwash • http://digitaljournal.com/article/324779 • http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2011/04/start/mind-controller

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