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Definition of Deliriant

Deliriant
Deliriant De*lir"i*ant, n. [See Delirium.] (Med.) A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).

Meaning of Deliriant from wikipedia

- Deliriants are a subclass of hallucinogen. The term was coined in the early 1980s to distinguish these drugs from psychedelics such as LSD and dissociatives...
- hallucinogens can be categorized as either being psychedelics, dissociatives, or deliriants. The word hallucinogen is derived from the word hallucination. The term...
- flowers followed by yellow or orange berries. Because mandrakes contain deliriant hallucinogenic tropane alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine, and hyoscyamine)...
- muscarinic acetylcholine receptors M1 through M5. These sedative and deliriant effects have in some cases led to the drug being used recreationally....
- EA-3167 is a potent and long-lasting anticholinergic deliriant drug, related to the chemical warfare agent 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB) and to the...
- its sedative effects. This also means high or toxic doses can act as a deliriant. Promethazine was made in the 1940s by a team of scientists from Rhône-Poulenc...
- containing tropane alkaloids of the type also responsible for the toxicity and deliriant effects of both jimsonweed and the infamous deadly nightshade. All seven...
- effects on memory and cognition. Hyoscyamine has been described as having deliriant effects similarly to scopolamine, atropine, and other antimuscarinics...
- substances (often the paralyzing pufferfish venom tetrodotoxin and the strong deliriant Datura), which rendered him helpless and seemingly dead. The greatest...
- United States, with more than 1 million prescriptions. Its sedative and deliriant effects have led to some cases of recreational use. Diphenhydramine is...