I haven’t had any personal experience with Kratom, nor have I been able to find much. Terrence McKenna toyed with Mitragynine, but all the articles I can find are from sites that charge.
http://www.entheogenreview.com/wintersolstice20.html
http://www.entheogenreview.com/springsummer2000.html you have to subscribe to get the articles
I presume you linked to Lycaeum from Erowid. If not here are a couple of pages
http://leda.lycaeum.org/Documents/A_study_of_kratom_eaters_in_Thailand.16665.shtml
http://leda.lycaeum.org/Documents/Kratom:_What_Is_It.10379.shtml
Here’s some technical stuff. I’ve got some chem and pharmacology related stuff, if you’re interested.
From a honey site:
Mitragyna speciosa is a natural source of alkaloids with relative specificity for the delta-receptor…
Mitragynine - CAS Registry number: [4098-40-2]
CAS name(s): (16 E, 20beta)-16,17-Didehydro-9,17-dimethoxycorynan-16-carboxylic acid methyl ester; (E)-16,17-didehydro-9,17-dimethoxy-17,18-seco-20alpha-yohimban-16-carb oxylic acid methyl ester
Additional name(s): 9-methoxycorynantheidine.
Major alkaloid of Mitragyna speciosa.
You may also get something out of this
http://www.theforestfloor.org/archives/old_archive/kratom,_a_drug_found_only_in_thailand.html
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