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2. Catuabine - Wikipedia

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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).

3. Catuaba - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Trichilia catigua - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Erythroxylum vaccinifolium - Wikipedia

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   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 .

6. Jesuit's bark - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Cork (material) - Wikipedia

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   Harvesting of cork from the forests of Algeria, 1930. Cork is a natural material used by humans for over 5,000 years. It is a material whose applications have been known since antiquity, especially in floating devices and as stopper for beverages, mainly wine, whose market, from the early twentieth century, had a massive expansion, particularly due to the development of several cork-based ...

8. Bark (botany) - Wikipedia

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   The bark of Pinus thunbergii is made up of countless shiny layers. Bark is the outermost layer of stems and roots of woody plants. Plants with bark include trees, woody vines, and shrubs. Bark refers to all the tissues outside the vascular cambium and is a nontechnical term. [1] It overlays the wood and consists of the inner bark and the outer ...

9. Cinnamomum cassia - Wikipedia

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   Essential oils made from the stripped bark have many uses, such as in health products, food and drinks. [6] Cassia is sometimes added to Ceylon cinnamon but is a much thicker, coarser [clarification needed] product. Cassia is sold as pieces of bark or as neat quills or sticks.