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Título
On the probable composition of ‘Jamaican stone’ aphrodisiac
Autor
Año del Documento
2017
Editorial
Elsevier
Phytochemical Society of Europe
Descripción
Producción Científica
Documento Fuente
Phytochemistry Letters, 2017, Vol. 19, págs. 30-33
Résumé
A dangerous aphrodisiac, commonly known as ‘Jamaican stone’, banned by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, has been studied by vibrational spectroscopy in order to solve the controversy on its
composition. The results of the ATR-FTIR analysis revealed the presence of the a-pyrone ring, which is
characteristic of bufadienolides from toad venom and bulbs of squill (Drimia maritima (L.) Stearn). This
conclusion was reached after a comparative study with the spectra for phytochemicals derived from
gambir and cat’s claw, two Uncaria species also preconized as aphrodisiacs and deemed as possible
constituents of the ‘stone’. Owing to their physiologic similarities to digoxin, bufadienolides have been
shown to produce a toxic profile similar to that of digoxin, although the lack one of the side chains found
on digoxin should allow the use of hemodialysis to treat ‘Jamaican stone’ overdose.
Materias (normalizadas)
Análisis espectral
Aphrodisiac cooking
Aphrodisiacs
Cocina afrodisiaca - Recetas
Afrodisiacos
Spectroscopy
ISSN
1874-3900
Revisión por pares
SI
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© Elsevier
Idioma
eng
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