Rhodiola rosea has action in both the central and peripheral nervous systems, affecting both monoamines (adrenalines, serotonin, dopamine, etc.) and
opioid peptides such as beta - endorphins in the body.
Not exact matches
There are four broad classes of
opioids: endogenous
opioid peptides, produced in the body; opium alkaloids,
such as morphine (the prototypical
opioid) and codeine; semi-synthetic
opioids such as heroin and oxycodone; and fully synthetic
opioids such as pethidine and methadone that have structures unrelated to the opium alkaloids.
Others, biochemists, have been saying that it may be a toxic state that absorption of chemicals
such as
opioid,
peptides, morphine like substances from the gut that you and I produce in our diet from milk and wheat, are actually getting access through that leaky gut into the developing brain.