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Isolation and Characterization of Yuremamine, a New Phytoindole

2005; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 71; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1055/s-2005-873131

1439-0221

Jouko Vepsäläinen, Seppo Auriola, Mikko Tukiainen, Nina Ropponen, J. C. Callaway,

Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization

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.