Isolation and characterization of yuremamine, a new phytoindole.
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analytical chemistry | ethnopharmacology | herbal | phytochemistry | psychopharmacology | religion
Isolation and characterization of yuremamine, a new phytoindole.: Planta Med. 2005 Nov;71(11):1053-7 Authors: Vepsäläinen JJ, Auriola S, Tukiainen M, Ropponen N, Callaway JC
Yuremamine was isolated and characterized from the stem bark of Mimosa tenuiflora. This plant is still used by indigenous peoples in North-eastern Brazil to make yurema, a psychoactive beverage that is used for medico-religious purpose ( jurema preta or vinho da jurema, in Portuguese). The characterization of this novel compound by NMR and mass spectrometry introduces a new class of phytoindoles.