E1 - Dr Anya Ermakova
Dr Liam Engel interviews ethnobotanist and neuroscientist, Dr Anya Ermakova. They discuss Anya’s fieldwork with Peyote, sustainability, harm reduction and implications of the psychedelic renaissance for mescaline-containing cactus.
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The San Pedro Appreciation Guide
Ermakova, A., Trout, K., Terry, M. K., Whiting, C. V., Clubbe, C., & Fowler, N. (2021). Densities, plant sizes, and spatial distributions of six wild populations of Lophophora williamsii (Cactaceae) in Texas, USA. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 15(1), 149-160.
Ermakova, A. O., Terry, M. K., & Trout, K. (2022). Cultivation as a conservation tool for cacti: review of the botanical evidence and a case study of Lophophora williamsii. Bradleya, 2022(sp40), 71-82.
Chan, C., Poulie, C., Wismann, S., Soelberg, J. & Kristensen, J. (2021). The Alkaloids from Lophophora diffusa and Other “False Peyotes”. Journal of Natural Products, 84(8), 2398-2407.
Sugden, L. & Del Rio, J. O. (2022). Ethnopharmacology and phytochemical profiling of Huachuma. Ethnopharmacological Search for Psychoactive Drugs 55.