Kratom Popularity Soars in Europe Thanks to Nectar Leaf's Famous Kratom Tea Infusions - Yahoo Finance - June 17, 2021
Ex-FDA Head Falsely Claims Kratom Is “Fueling” the Overdose Crisis - Filter - June 2, 2021
Best Kratom for Energy & Focus: Top 3 Strains Reviews - Herald Net - May 27, 2021
Best Kratom for Pain: Top Strains Reviews, Dosage, & Effects - Peninsula Daily News - May 16, 2021
Best Kratom Strains for Energy and Focus - SF Weekly - May 6, 2021
Everything to Know About Kratom - Vents Magazine - May 1, 2021
What Are The Risks and Health Benefits of Kratom Tea? - Medical News Today - March 30, 2021
What is Kratom? - WeHeart - March 30, 2021
Learning the Healing Properties of Kratom Powder from Southeast Asia - Chiangrait Times- March 20, 2021
What Potential Lies in the Regulation of Kratom? - The Denisonian - March 3, 2021
Why Kratom Capsules are Becoming Popular - Pharmi Web - March 3, 2021
Top 10 Benefits of Kratom - Vents Magazine - February 19, 2021
HHS in 2018 Rescinded Recommendation To Schedule Kratom As Drug - Natural Products Insider - January 28, 2021
Tasty Kratom Recipes That Can Boost Your Health - MENAFN - January 20, 2021
Kratom From the Island of Indonesia 2021 Guide - I Stock Analyst - January 11, 2021
5 Amazing Things to Know About Green Bali Kratom - The Leaf Online - December 21, 2020
The Benefits of Kratom To Your Exercise Goals - Runner's Tribe - December 10, 2020
7 Impressive Benefits of Kratom Leaves for Healthy Lifestyle - The Leaf Online - November 24, 2020
The Role Of Kratom In Pain Relief - Big Easy - November 5, 2020
Using Kratom for Treaing Anxiety and Depression - Oregon Cannabis Connection - November 2, 2020
UF Study Suggests Kratom Could Treat Opioid Addiction - WUFT - October 28, 2020
Making Kratom Tea To Manage Anxiety - Newswire - October 23, 2020
New Study Adds Evidence of Low Abuse Potential of Kratom - American Kratom Assoication - September 21, 2020
Red Vein Ratom: The Mightiest of Kratom Strains - San Antonio Current - September 16, 2020
How Kratom Can Be Useful for Chronic Pain - Legal Reader - September 1, 2020
Why is Kratom Research Important? - South Florida Reporter - August 22, 2020
5 Kraom Strains to Try in 2020 - RS News - August 14, 2020
The Essential Guide to Katom Strains - Plants Before Pills - August 12, 2020
Kratom Extracts and the Importance of Mitragynine - Plants Before Pills - August 7, 2020
Kratom Powder for Improved Energy and Focus Healthcare... - Newswire - August 6, 2020
Kratom for Pain Relief: Which Strains Work the Best - Plants Before Pills - August 4, 2020
What is Kratom: An Emerging Alternative to Opioids - ZME Science - July 29, 2020
Nice Benefits of Bali Kratom for Your Health - SiliconIndia - July 24, 2020
Legal Kratom Edges Closer - Bankok Post - July 8, 2020
Five Health Benefits of Using Kratom - News Americas - July 2, 2020
5 Best Kratom Strains For Pain And Anxiety Management - Verge Campus - June 29, 2020
The Perfect Cup - How to Make Kratom Tea - Legal Reader - June 17, 2020
CDC Flooded with Comments on Marijuana And Kratom As Alternative Painkillers... - Boston Globe - June 16, 2020
What We Know about Kratom and Amazing Health Benefits of It - The Urban Twist - October 3, 2019
Best Kratom For Energy And Focus - Boston Sports Extra - September 8, 2019
Can Kratom Be Beneficial For MMA Fighters and Athletes? - Pro MMA Now - September 3, 2019
Users of Kratom Speak Against Proposed State Ban of Herbal Supplement - The Columbus Dispatch - August 9, 2019
Kratom Studies 101: 7 Crazy Kratom Myths Debunked - Times Square Chronicles - July 26, 2019
Advocates Call Kratom a Life Saver, Despite FDA Warnings - KTUL- July 16, 2019
Kratom Advocates Rip Feds, Media for Alleged War on Controversial Herb - WestWord - July 12, 2019
UF To Study Kratom Effects, Safety - WUSF News - June 20, 2019
What is Kratom and Should it be Regulated? - Las Vegas Sun - June 16, 2019
What Are the Benefits (and Drawbacks) of Kratom?- Inverse - May 26, 2019
Kratom Information & Resource Center Launches Campaign..- Yahoo Finance - May 22, 2019
Kratom Gave Me Hope - Pain News Network - May 14, 2019
Opioid Users Call Kratom a Godsend. The F.D.A. Says It’s a Menace. - New York Times - April 17, 2019
Kratom Could Help Millions - The Courier Herald - April 4, 2019
Pain Patients Call Herbal Supplement Kratom a 'Lifesaver'... - Bismarck News (KXNet) - February 27, 2019
Kratom Advocate Says Substance is Saving Lives - WCMH-TV Columbus - February 21, 2019
To Help or to Harm: The Controversy Over Kratom - Steamboat Pilot - February 1, 2019
Top Health Benefits of Using Kratom - August Free Press - January 22, 2019
Is Kratom Nature’s Answer to Opioids? - New York Times - January 10, 2019
Despite Government Crackdown, Kratom Scientists Awarded $3.5M for Research - Inverse - December 14, 2018
The Nationwide Ban On Kratom Will Be Deadly - 71Republic - December 6, 2018
The U.S. May Ban Kratom. But Are its Effects Deadly or Lifesaving? - Discover - November 15, 2018
Kratom: The Leafy Green Plant That Could Help With Opiate Withdrawals - CBS 8 San Diego - November 13, 2018
Kratom Missing From DEA Report on Drug Threats - Pain News Network - November 3, 2018
Just the Facts: Kratom Industry Clears the Confusion for Congress - Associated Press - October 10, 2018
Kratom Industry to Congress: Protect Safe, Natural Botanical Products and Consumer Choice in Pending Drug Legislation - Business Wire - September 21, 2018
Everything I Learned About Using Kratom for Pain - Pain News Network - September 17, 2018
What Is Kratom? How the Plant Could Help Fight the Opioid Crisis - Inverse - July 21, 2018
Here's Why We Must Continue to Study Kratom and Other Opioid-Like Drugs - The Hill - July 7, 2018
Kratom Users In States That Ban It Discuss How Prohibition Has Made Life Worse - Huffington Post - June 25, 2018
Kratom Could Be Illegal Before It Gets a Chance to Solve the Opioid Crisis - Inverse - June 14, 2018
Some Say Kratom Works as an Opioid Alternative Despite FDA Warnings - KWQC - April 13, 2018
A Closer Look at Deaths the FDA Misleadingly Links to Kratom - The Orange County Register - March 8, 2018
Locals Find Kratom as Option for Pain Relief While FDA Labels it as Dangerous - The Bismark Tribune - February 19, 2018
The FDA is Wrong About Kratom - The Washington Post - February 14, 2018
Lawmakers Ask FDA to Lift Kratom Warning - Pain News Network - December 31, 2017
National Expert: No Cases Show Deaths Solely From Coffee-Like Herb Kratom, Which Should Be Handled No Differently Than Other Substances - PR Newswire - November 29, 2017
A War on Kratom: Who Uses the Herb & Why They Refuse to Back Down - Heavy - November 28, 2017
American Kratom Association Questions DEA on Kratom Concerns - NWA - October 19, 2017
Report Finds 'Rush to Judgement' in Kratom Deaths - Pain News Network - October 13, 2017
Kratom: Legal and Booming - The Daily Astorian - July 28, 2017
How a Reddit Forum Has Become a Lifeline to Opioid Addicts in the US- The Guardian - July 19, 2017
The Kratom Controversy: What should be done about it? - WALB - July 6, 2017
Kratom: The Solution to Opioid Addiction? - KVRR - June 27, 2017
The Opioid Epidemic Spurs a Search For New, Safer Painkillers – Science News - May 30, 2017
Top 3 Common Benefits of Kratom: Energy, Relaxation, Pain Reliever – TG Daily - May 1, 2017
The Folly of the DEA’s War on Kratom – Morning Consultant - April 6, 2017
Why Would Regulators Ban An Herbal Treatment For Recovering Opioid Addicts? – The Federalist - March 23, 2017
I Was 'Wrong' About Kratom And Here's Why – American Council on Science and Health - March 21, 2017
Kratom: Is the US Trying to Ban a Drug Helping Heroin Addicts Beat... - Independent - March 3, 2017
DEA Asked Public To Comment On Its Proposed Kratom Ban – Huffington Post - February 2, 2017
The Intriguing Therapeutic Potential of a Little-Known Plant From Southeast Asia – Science of Us - January 27, 2017
Kratom: What We Know – Medscape – January 25, 2017
America's War Against Opioid Addiction and the Battle For Kratom... - The Telegraph – January 25, 2017
Kratom: The New Alternative to Opioids – Clinical Advisor - January 4, 2017
Is Kratom A Deadly Drug Or A Life-Saving Medicine? - Bloomberg – December 12, 2016
Herbal Drug Kratom Faces Uncertain Legal Future, Despite Public Outpouring – PBS – December 12, 2016
Researchers Suggest Kratom Could Have Medical Benefit as Opioid Alternative – Drug Discovery and Development – December 2, 2016
Major New Analysis Shows No Basis for DEA To Restrict Herb Kratom – PR Newswire – December 1, 2016
Kratom: The Bitter Plant That Could Help Opioid Addicts – If The DEA Doesn't Ban It – Wired – November 30, 2016
The DEA Has The Wrong Priorities And Kratom Is The Wrong Target – Huffington Post – November 15, 2016
Kratom Plant, Used to Help With Heroin Cravings, Remains Legal for Use – USA Today – October, 28, 2016
DEA Withdraws Kratom Ban, Opens Public Comment Period – American Pharmacists Association – October 24, 2016
Kratom Reversal an optimistic Sign for Changing Drug Policy – Collegiate Times – October 23, 2016
What's Next for Kratom After the DEA Blinks on It's Emergency Ban – Scientific American – October 17, 2016
Kratom Gets Reprieve from DEA's Schedule I Drug List – CNN – October 17, 2016
45 Congressmen Ask DEA Not to Ban Kratom Next Week - USA Today - September 23, 2016
Why banning the opiate-like plant kratom might do more harm than good - The Verge - September 22, 2016
Should Kratom Use Be Legal – Scientific American – September 30, 2013

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Molecular Structure: Mitragynine

Molecular Formula: C23H30N2O4

Molecular Weight: 398.50 g/mol

​Molecular structure: 7-hydroxymitragynine​

​Molecular formula: C23H30N2O5
Molecular weight: 414.50 g/mol