Titre : | Coca chewing: a new perspective |
Titre traduit : | (Mastication de la coca : nouvelle perspective) |
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Auteurs : | R. E. BURCHARD |
Type de document : | Chapitre |
Editeur : | La Hague : Mouton publishers, 1975 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-90-279-7669-7 |
Format : | p. 463-484 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SHS (Sciences humaines et sociales / Humanities and social sciences) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés COCA ; MASTICATION ; USAGE REGULIER ; PHARMACOLOGIE ; MECANISME D'ACTIONThésaurus géographique AMERIQUE DU SUD |
Résumé : | Arguments presented by researchers to explain "why" Andean peasants chew coca leaf have traditionally centered around the fact that coca leaf is the source of cocaine alkaloids. Following the presentation of several cocaine-models of coca chewing, this paper argues that we must begin moving toward a new perspective on this complex problem since recent research shows that during the process of chewing, hydrolysis and metabolism, cocaine alkaloids are degraded into ecgonine. Arguing for an ecgonine-model this paper suggests that the chewing of coca leaf may be an important cultural mechanism for the control of the problems of blood glucose homeostasis and carbohydrate utilization which Bolton (1973) has suggested may be widespread in highland Peru. (Author' s abstract) |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 54 |
Affiliation : |
Univ. of Manitoba Canada. Canada. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1300145 |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | L00044 |
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