Talk:Nymphaea caerulea

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[edit] Scientific inquiry of psychoactive properties

"The flowers are rumored to contain aporphine, an entheogen that is purported to have divinatory properties, and nuciferine, an antispasmodic, but the Egyptian species have never been scientifically tested for these compounds."

There is a documentary called Sacred Weeds which purports to have examined this weed and determined that it contains psychoactive properties. The documentary determines, with a panel of "experts," that the flower of this plant may have been used for its psychoactive effects in the Ancient Egyptian world. Because of this I don't know if the above quote can be fully justified, especially since it does not contain a reference. Heruka2006 09:33, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Old literature states the presence of quinolizidine alkaloids, unsubstantiated reports of aporphines are present however. The plants are also not botanically releated except they are both in basal orders. 14.28, 3 August 2007 (UTC)