Ocotea cymbarum

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.

Ocotea cymbarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Ocotea
Species:
O. cymbarum
Binomial name
Ocotea cymbarum

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

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Ocotea cymbarum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
  2. "Ocotea cymbarum Kunth". The Plant List. Retrieved 2017-08-02.


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