Erowid.org: Erowid Reference 8689 : Occurrence of the Synthetic Analgesic Tramadol in an African Medicinal Plant : Boumendjel A, Sotoing Taïwe G, Ngo Bum E, Chabrol T, Beney C, Sinniger V, Haudecoeur R, Marcourt L, Challal S, Ferreira Queiroz E, Souard F, Le Borgne M, Lomberget T, Depaulis A, Lavaud C, Robins R, Wolfender JL, Bonaz B, De Waard M

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Boumendjel A, Sotoing Taïwe G, Ngo Bum E, Chabrol T, Beney C, Sinniger V, Haudecoeur R, Marcourt L, Challal S, Ferreira Queiroz E, Souard F, Le Borgne M, Lomberget T, Depaulis A, Lavaud C, Robins R, Wolfender JL, Bonaz B, De Waard M. “Occurrence of the Synthetic Analgesic Tramadol in an African Medicinal Plant”. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Sep 9. <a name="ref">Boumendjel A, Sotoing Taïwe G, Ngo Bum E, Chabrol T, Beney C, Sinniger V, Haudecoeur R, Marcourt L, Challal S, Ferreira Queiroz E, Souard F, Le Borgne M, Lomberget T, Depaulis A, Lavaud C, Robins R, Wolfender JL, Bonaz B, De Waard M.</a> <a href="/references/8689">"Occurrence of the Synthetic Analgesic Tramadol in an African Medicinal Plant"</a> <i>Angew Chem Int Ed Engl</i>. 2013 Sep 9.
Responses Kusari S Kusari S Show Articles by Boumendjel A Sotoing Taïwe G Ngo Bum E Chabrol T Beney C Sinniger V Haudecoeur R Marcourt L Challal S Ferreira Queiroz E Souard F Le Borgne M Lomberget T Depaulis A Lavaud C Robins R Wolfender JL Bonaz B De Waard M Article IDs Erowid RefID: 8689 PubMedID: 24014188 Collections Hofmann Collection MDMA Collection All References	Abstract The root of the matter: The analgesic tramadol has been isolated from the root bark of N. latifolia, an African medical plant. This finding is a rare example of a common synthetic drug that occurs at considerable concentrations in nature. Cl purple, N blue, O red.
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Status: display earth Dec 6, 2015 14:43	Other Researchers Dispute Finding # Follow on research by other groups found evidence that the tramadol found in the trees could have been from cattle or other animals given pharmaceutical tramadol by their tenders.
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