Ocotea cymbarum
| Ocotea cymbarum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Ocotea |
| Species: | O. cymbarum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ocotea cymbarum Kunth | |
Ocotea cymbarum is a species of Ocotea in the Lauraceae plant family. It is an evergreen tree found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Medical Uses
The essential oils from Ocotea cymbarum are often used in the synthesis of MDMA (contracted from 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine); a psychoactive drug of the substituted methylenedioxyphenethylamine and substituted amphetamine classes of drugs that is consumed primarily for its euphoric and empathogenic effects. Pharmacologically, MDMA acts as a serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agent and reuptake inhibitor.
References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Ocotea cymbarum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
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