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 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.

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Ocotea cymbarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32488A9704321. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32488A9704321.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Ocotea cymbarum Kunth". The Plant List. Retrieved 2017-08-02.


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