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ibogaine

American  
[ih-boh-guh-een] / ɪˈboʊ gəˌin /

noun

Pharmacology.
  1. an alkaloid, C 20 H 26 N 2 O, obtained from an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga, having antidepressant and hallucinogenic properties.


Etymology

Origin of ibogaine

From French ibogaïne (1901), from New Latin iboga the shrub's specific epithet (said to be from an Indigenous language of the Congo) + French -ine -ine 2

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“Under President Trump’s leadership, we are accelerating the research, approval, and responsible access to promising mental health treatments,” Kennedy said, pointing specifically to ibogaine.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

But scientists who have studied ibogaine have reported startling findings.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2024

In 2020, researchers led by David Olson, a chemist at the University of California, Davis, reported in Nature that a nonhallucinogenic analog of the psychedelic compound ibogaine called tabernanthalog showed antidepressive effects in rodents.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 26, 2022

“For that guy’s spirit to come to Lamar in his most scary moment of the ibogaine when he wanted to stop just shows how powerful Kobe’s energy is,” Zapolin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2021

Instead, it means the risk-benefit analysis is different for ibogaine versus psilocybin.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2020

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