6300. Muira Puama

Nomenclature

Potency wood.

Description and references

Wood of Liriosma ovata Miers, Oleaceae, or according to Rebourgeon, Acanthea virilis Wehmer, Acanthaceae. Habit. Brazil. Constit. Aromatic resin, muirapuamine, fat. Studies of components: Auterhoff, Pankow, Arch. Pharm. 301, 481 (1968); 302, 209 (1969). Reviews: Gaebler, Dtsch. Apoth. 22, 94 (1970); Steinmetz, Q. J. Crude Drug Res. 11, 1787 (1971).