Herbology / medical / poison control center question?

Question

what are the risks from eating blue morning glory seeds?

Pangolin,
where are you getting this from? Where did you get these side effects from? It sounds more like Niacin.
Also, substances do not cause suicidal impulses. Those impulses must be there already and perhaps some substances lift inhibition or energize or depress in just the wrong way to exacerbate the suicidal tendencies. Therefore mentioning suicide like it is a side effect is bogus. Also, you did not mention any neurological or CNS effects.
Refer me to your source please.

also there is supposed to be a difference between red and blue morning glory seeds.

Answer 1

Blue morning glory seeds contain lysergic acid amide (LSA) which is a hallucinogenic. The danger of all hallucinogens, including morning glory seeds, is that medical science does not know all the effects of the hallucinogen on the mind and body. The user is taking a great risk.Vomiting, dizziness and diarrhea may accompany the use of morning glory seeds. Generally, the risk of taking hallucinogen without medical supervision is the possible occurrence of a "bad trip ", which could possibly cause the development of severe confusional and anxiety states which may lead to suicide, or permanent psychic traumata particularly to those young and immature persons.
I am not sure about the differences of the blue and red seeds but non-hallucinogenic morning glory seeds are supposed to be round while the hallucinogenic seeds are triangular in shape. Morning Glory seeds are about 5% to 10% as potent as LSD, and produce a similar effect when taken in the hundreds.

Answer 2

The scientific name of morning glory plant is Ipomoea spp.

Ipomoea tricolor is a species of morning glory native to the New World tropics, and widely cultivated and naturalised elsewhere. It is a herbaceous annual or perennial twining liana growing to 2-4 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, 3-7 cm long with a 1.5-6 cm long petiole. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre.

Numerous cultivars of I. tricolor with different flower colours have been selected for use as ornamental plants; widely-grown examples include 'Blue Star', 'Flying Saucers', 'Heavenly Blue', 'Heavenly Blue Improved', 'Pearly Gates', 'Rainbow Flash', 'Summer Skies' and 'Wedding Bells'.

In some areas it is considered by certain people to be an invasive weed due to its fast rate of growth and its prodigious seed production.

What are the risks:
1. Hallucinogenic (see/hear things that were not there)
The seeds contain ergoline alkaloids, and have been used for centuries by many Mexican Native American cultures as a hallucinogen; they were known to the Aztecs as tlitliltzin, the Nahuatl word for "black" with a reverential suffix. In South America, the seeds are also known as badoh *****.

2. Serious and/or life-threatening peripheral ischemia has been associated with the administration of ergoline alkaloids with potent CYP 3A4 inhibitors including protease inhibitors and macrolide antibiotics.

3. The risk for vasospasm leading to cerebral ischemia and/or ischemia of the extremities is increased. Because CYP 3A4 inhibition elevates the serum levels of ergoline alkaloids.

Between red and blue, not much difference, except that the blue is more common (hence more in supply) than the red one

Answer 3

Symptoms include facial flushing, nausea, mydriasis, diarrhea, and hypotension. There are also reports of suicide following MG seed ingestion.