Erythroxylum vaccinifolium explained

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. It contains a class of tropane alkaloids called catuabines, more specifically the alkaloids catuabine A, B and C.[1]

Notes and References

  1. 10.1002/ardp.19773101211. 1521-4184. 310. 12. 1005–1010. Graf. Engelbert. Lude. Waltraud. Alkaloide aus Erythroxylum vacciniifolium MARTIUS, 1. Mitt. Isolierung von Catuabin A, B und C. Archiv der Pharmazie. 2024-09-21. 1977.

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