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Chemistry and Pharmacology of Naturally Occurring Flavoalkaloids
Published in Namrita Lall, Medicinal Plants for Cosmetics, Health and Diseases, 2022
Rashmi Gaur, Jyoti Gaur, Nikhilesh Kumar
Kanchanapoom et al. (2002) identified (+)-lotthanongine (54) in the roots of Trigonostemon reidioides Craib, a shrub found in Southeast Asia which is used in traditional medicines due to its antiseptic and emetic properties and thus could be useful in treating mycetism (Figure 21.2). Vepsalainen et al. (2005) isolated yuremamine from the stem bark of Mimosa tenuiflora Willd. The plant is used in the preparation of the psychoactive beverage yurema, which is consumed for medical religious purposes by certain populations of northeastern Brazil. The serotonin agonist N, N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is present in the root bark of M. tenuiflora; however, when ingested, this compound becomes inactive due to the rapid metabolism by monoamine oxidase (MAO) in the digestive system. No MAO inhibitors have been detected in M. tenuiflora; hence, it is interesting for researchers to note the visionary effects yuremamine exerts. Initially, Yuremamine was assigned as apyrrolo [1, 2-a] indole (55), but synthetic methods led to assigning yuremamine as flavoalkaloid (56) (Figure 21.2) (Calvert et al., 2015).
Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Wild Medicinal Plants of Piauí State-Brazil
Published in Mahendra Rai, Shandesh Bhattarai, Chistiane M. Feitosa, Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants, 2021
Valdiléia Teixeira Uchôa, Mahendra Rai, Gilmânia Francisca Sousa Carvalho, Herbert Gonzaga Sousa, Patrícia e Silva Alves, Renata da Silva Carneiro, Ariane Maria da Silva Santos Nascimento, Felipe Pereira da Silva Santos, Gabriel e Silva Sales
The black jurema, popular name of Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd). Poir is a native species of the semiarid region and belongs to the Leguminoseae of the typical order of the caatinga fabales. It occurs in almost all of northeastern Brazil, and can also be found in other countries such as Mexico, Panama, El Salvador, Honduras, Colombia and Venezuela. This plant has some important features, such as its forked shrub size, and low branches reaching a height of around 4.5 meters (Maia 2004).
Cosmetic-Medical Treatments
Published in Paloma Tejero, Hernán Pinto, Aesthetic Treatments for the Oncology Patient, 2020
M. Lourdes Mourelle, B. N. Díaz
Various plant extracts have calming and anti-inflammatory actions. The most studied and used are marshmallow (Althaea oficcinalis), roman chamomille (Anthemis nobilis), marigold (Calendula officinalis), mallow (Malva sylvestris), and blackelder (Sambucus nigra). Others are used for their epithelializing and skin-regenerating properties, such as gotu kola (Centella asiatica), licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra), milk thistle (Silybum marianum), jurema (Mimosa tenuiflora), and comfrey (Symphytum officinale) [23].
Antimicrobial activity of flavonoids glycosides and pyrrolizidine alkaloids from propolis of Scaptotrigona aff. postica
Published in Toxin Reviews, 2023
T. M. Cantero, P. I. Silva Junior, G. Negri, R. M. Nascimento, R. Z. Mendonça
Quercetin methyl ethers, and methoxy chalcones, similar than that detected in young and adult leaflets of Mimosa tenuiflora, were detected in propolis from Apis mellifera and geopropolis from Scaptotrigona aff. depilis, collected in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, indicating M. tenuiflora as resin source (Ferreira et al. 2017a, 2017b). Stigmasterol, taraxasterol, vanilic acid, caffeic acid, quercetin, luteolin, and apigenin were detected in propolis sample from Scaptotrigona depilis collected in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (Bonamigo et al. 2017). Flavonoid aglycones (mainly neoflavonoids, isoflavonoids) and pterocarpans were detected in extracts of propolis from Apis mellifera and Trigona sp (Okińczyc et al. 2020). Propolis samples from Tetragonisca angustula (Carneiro et al. 2016) and from Scaptotrigona species (Sawaya et al. 2009) independently of their geographic origin, presented diterpenic and triterpenic acids similar than that detected in flowers from Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Anacardiaceae) (Sawaya et al. 2009, Carneiro et al. 2016).
Chemical Composition of Traditional and Analog Ayahuasca
Published in Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2021
Helle Kaasik, Rita C. Z. Souza, Flávia S. Zandonadi, Luís Fernando Tófoli, Alessandra Sussulini
Peganum harmala (Syrian rue) and Mimosa tenuiflora (jurema) were used in neoshamanic ceremonies held in Europe. P. harmala was used as a substitute for B. caapi or a potentiating pre-treatment in ayahuasca ceremonies due to its content of harmaline as an MAOI. Mimosa tenuiflora was used as an alternative source of DMT in ayahuasca. Those plants are not used for Amazonian traditional ayahuasca, but they are used in Europe because they produce psychoactive effects similar to ayahuasca and are cheaper and easier to access in Europe than the traditional Amazonian plants.