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<i>Ocotea cymbarum</i>

Ocotea cymbarum

Species of tree

Ocotea cymbarum is a species of Ocotea in the plant family Lauraceae.[2] It is an evergreen tree found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

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Medical uses

The essential oils from Ocotea cymbarum are often used in the synthesis of MDMA (contracted form of 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.[citation needed]

References

  1. [1]
    de Kok, R. (2022). "Mespilodaphne cymbarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T32488A198141056. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T32488A198141056.en. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Ocotea cymbarum Kunth". The Plant List. Retrieved 2017-08-02.


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