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Bottle filled with "Catuaba" bark Catuabines are a group of tropane alkaloids , isolated from Erythroxylum vaccinifolium , which are used in the preparation of the drug Catuaba (which in traditional Brazilian medicine is purported to be an aphrodisiac and central nervous system stimulant, though such claims have not been substantiated).
Bottle filled with "Catuaba" bark. The name Catuaba (/ k ə ˈ t w ɑː b ə / kə-TWAH-bə, via Portuguese from Guarani) is used for the infusions of the bark of a number of trees native to Brazil. The most widely used barks are derived from the trees Trichilia catigua [1] and Erythroxylum vaccinifolium.
Radio-controlled cars, or RC cars for short, [1] are miniature vehicles (cars, vans, buses, buggies, etc.) controlled via radio. Nitro powered models use glow plug engines, small internal combustion engines fuelled by a special mixture of nitromethane , methanol , and oil (in most cases a blend of castor oil and synthetic oil ).
The species is used in folk medicine and shamanism in the aphrodisiac and stimulant catuaba. Cinchonain-Ib is a flavonolignan found in the bark of T. catigua. [1] Catuaba from Trichilia catigua was found to increase the release of Serotonin as well as Dopamine in rats. [2] Additionally, Trichilia catigua was shown to have neuroprotective ...
Erythroxylum catuaba A.J.Silva ex Raym.-Hamet, 1936 Erythroxylum vaccinifolium is a flowering plant species in the genus Erythroxylum . It is used to prepare catuaba , an infusion used as an aphrodisiac in Brazilian herbal medicine .
Jesuit's bark, also known as cinchona bark, Peruvian bark or China bark, is a former remedy for malaria, as the bark contains quinine used to treat the disease. [1] The bark of several species of the genus Cinchona , family Rubiaceae indigenous to the western Andes of South America, was introduced to Jesuit missionaries during the 17th century ...
Mauby, also known as madi, maví, mobi, mabi, and maubi, is a tree bark-based beverage grown, and widely consumed, in the Caribbean. It is made with sugar and the bark and/or fruit of certain species in the genus Colubrina including Colubrina elliptica and Colubrina arborescens , a small tree native to the northern Caribbean and south Florida .
The thin bark is brownish to silver-gray with light splotching [2] (often, in part, from lichens); the inner bark is smooth and yellowish (turning dark brown with age and/or exposure to sunlight). [4] [5] Cascara bark has an intensely bitter flavor that will remain in the mouth for hours, overpowering and even numbing the taste buds. [6] [2]