lanruoJ of ,~olocumrahponhtE 10 (1984) 261-274 261 reiveslE cifitneicS srehsilbuP dnalerI Ltd. Review Paper BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE ALKALOIDS OF ERYTHROXYLUM COCA AND ER YTHROXYLUM NOVOG~NATEN~E M. ,aK?VON .A.C aKNIMELAS dna .I bNAHK tnemtrape)Ia of Organic yrtsimehC of larutaN Products, Organic lacimehC Laboratory, etatS ~t~~eu~~~ of ,thcertU thcertU ehT( )~~rehteN dna noisivXIb of latnem realty, dlroW htlaeH ,noitazinagrO Geneva (Switzerland) detpeccA( yraurbeF ,dn22 1984) Summary ehT detavitluc Erythroxylum varieties E. coca var. coca, E. coca var. dna E. ~~adu, E. no~gra~tense var. ~vo~a~te~~ no~~nate~e var. niatnoc 18 ,sdiolakla deifitnedi os far, gnignoleb ot eht ,senaport truxiffense senidilorryp dna htiw eniacoc as eht niam .diolakla ehT lacigoloib ytivitca fo eht gniwollof sdiolakla sah neeb detroper ni eht :erutaretil ,eniacoc ,eniacoclyomannic ,eninogcelyozneb ,eninogcelyhtem -oduesp ,eniport ,enipo~lyozneb ,eniacocaport -yc dna ~-t~x~~e, ,enirgyh -ocsuc enirgyh dna .enitocin ehT lacigoloib ytivitca fo eniacoc dna enitocin si ton deweiver ,ereh esuaceb ti si dessucsid erehwesle ni eht .erutaretil yldraH -yna gniht si nwonk tuoba eht lacigoloib ytivitca fo eht rehto sdiolakla tneserp ni eht ruof seiteirav .denoitnem ehT sisehtnysoib fo eht acoc sdiolakla sah neeb .deniltuo -- Introduction Historical background acoC sevael evah neeb dewehc yb eht htuoS naciremA snaidnI ot tneverp regnuh esaercni ecnarudne rof revo 5000 .sraey nevE yadot ti si desu and to as a tnalumits dna enicidem ni ynam strap fo eht sednA dna ni eht nozamA nisab ,nitraM( ;0791 ,namwolP 1979a). ehT acoc burhs si eno fo eht tsedlo detavitluc stnalp fo htuoS .aciremA sA yltnecer dezingocer ,namwolP( 1982), eht detavitluc acoc stnalp gnoleb ot owt tcnitsid seiceps fo eht suneg ylimaf( :)eae~alyxor~~E .maL E~throxyfum Eryth~xyium coca and E. )sirroM( .noreiH nihtiW eht suneg eseht owt novogmnatense E~throxyfum, 06.40$/48/1478-8730 0 1984 reiveslE cifitneicS srehsilbuP dnalerI Ltd. dehsilbuP dna detnirP ni dnalerI 262 cultivated species are more closely related to each other than to any of more than 200 wild species. Each of the cultivated species of coca includes two varieties (Bohm et al., 1982; Plowman and Rivier, 1983). E. coca Lam. var. coca, “Bolivian” or “Huanuco coca”, is the best known variety and is still widely cultivated in the Andean region for legal and illegal production of cocaine. E. coca var. ipadu Plowman, “Amazonian coca”, is a little known variety of E. coca which is sparingly cultivated by a number of Indian tribes in the western part of the Amazon basin (Plowman, 197913). E. nouogrunatense (Morris) Hieron. var. nouogranatense, “Colombian coca”, is now found as a planta- tion crop only in Colombia, where it is cultivated by a few isolated Indian tribes. It is, however, widely grown throughout tropical countries as an ornamental plant (Plowman and Rivier, 1983). E. nouogrunutense var. truxillense (Rusby) Plowman, “Trujillo coca”, is mostly confined to the desert areas of northern Peru (Plowman, 197913). It is cultivated for coca chewing as well as for the flavouring of beverages (Plowman, 1982; Merory, 1968). Based on morphological, chemical, ecological and reproductive studies, E. coca var. coca is considered the most primitive among the cultivated cocas and appears to be ancestral to the other three cultivated varieties; these three varieties are known only as cultivated plants and possibly arose through human selection in cultivation (Bohm et al., 1982). The principal alkaloid found in the cultivated varieties of coca is cocaine. Today the use of cocaine in medicine as a topical anesthetic is limited, because of its ability to induce dependence. In western society cocaine hydrochloride is used illicitly by sniffing it. Since the early 197Os, another form of cocaine abuse is smoking this alkaloid in the form of cocaine paste or cocaine base, mixed with tobacco or marihuana (Siegel, 1979; Paly et al., 1982). The grey-white cocaine paste is a crude extract of coca leaves, and is reported to contain 40-- 70% cocaine base along with cocaine salts, other coca alkaloids and traces of residual organic solvents (Paly et al., 1982). Recently an investigation of cocaine base smoking has appeared in the literature (Perez-Reyes et al., 1982). As the abuse of coca leaf and cocaine creates problems for the health of individuals, they have been scheduled in the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, United Nations (see Appendix). The objective of this review Coca leaves were originally, and in South America still are, usually chewed. The use of cocaine, the main alkaloid from the cultivated coca plants - sniffed in more or less pure form - is strongly increasing and for some years a new development in this area has been the smoking of coca paste (mixed with tobacco or marihuana). The acute and chronic effects of coca paste smoking are more extreme than those of cocaine sniffing, e.g. severe person- ytila noitargetnisid gnidulcni dionarap dna citohcysp roivaheb as llew as ,snoitanicullah laicos noitalosi dna aixerona yam rucco ylaP( te al., 1980). roF eht rettal erom citamard stceffe tnalp stneutitsnoc rehto naht eht diolakla eniacoc thgim eb elbisnopser dna eht ecneuqesnoc fo gnikoms eht acoc etsap tsum eb nekat otni noitaredisnoc as .llew ehT evitcejbo fo siht repap si ot weiver eht elbaliava egdelwonk -nrecnoc gni eht lacigoloib ytivitca fo eht sdiolakla tneserp ni mulyxorhtyrE coca dna E. nouogranaterzse. ehT lacigoloib ytivitca fo eniacoc lliw ton eb deweiver ereh ecnis eht ygolocamrahp fo eniacoc sah neeb yletauqeda derevoc yb srehto ,eluM( ;6791 doownillE dna ;yebliK 1977). enitociN hcihw si detroper ot rucco ni detavitluc acoc lliw ton eb dessucsid ereh ecnis ti si a yrev llew nwonk tneutitsnoc fo eht occabot tnalp dna eht ygolocamrahp fo enitocin sah neeb dezirammus yb srehto ,llayR( 1974). ehT lacigoloib ytivitca fo eht sdiolakla-non deifitnedi os far morf eht detavitluc acoc stnalp lliw ton eb deweiver ,ereh esuaceb elttil si tey .nwonk ,revewoH eseht stnenopmoc yam yalp na tnatropmi elor ni acoc etsap .gnikoms Literature sources nI gniraperp eht tneserp troper eht gniwollof erutaretil secruos evah neeb dehcraes yb( )retupmoc : :seirtnE Erythroxylum; Erythroxylon; ;acoc rof lacimehC stcartsbA 1967 - emuloV 98, eussI 24, 1983 :seirtnE eht laudividni sdiolakla as detsil ni elbaT 1, rof lacimehC stcartsbA 1967 - emuloV 98, eussI 24,1983 atprecxE acideM 1975 - 1983, eussI 5 * lanoitanretnI ~citueca~hP stcartsbA 1970 - enuJ 1983 yrtsimehC ehT yrtsimehc fo eht detavitluc acoc stnalp sah neeb deweiver yb tioB (1961) pu ot 1960 dna yb reuangeH (1966) pu ot 1965. ecniS neht ylno enirgyhocsucordyhid sah neeb deifitnedi as a wen acoc diolakla gunaH( te al., 1981). nnameiN ni 1860 detalosi eniacoc as eht tsif diolakla morf eht sevael fo detavitluc acoc relhiiW( dna ,nnameiN 1860). rehtO sdioIakla fo eht detavitluc acoc stnalp as detsil ni elbaT 1 gnoleb ot eht ,enaport -ilorryp enid dna enidiryp .sdiolakla ehT suneg Erythroxylum si eht ylno larutan ecruos fo eht diolakla ,eniacoc nwonk os far. eniacoC sah neeb deifitnedi ot etad ni 18 dliw Erythroxylum ,seiceps gnidulcni lareves morf eht dlO dlroW ees( elbaT 1). ehT dliw seiceps dewohs ylno ecart seititnauq fo ,eniacoc tpecxe owt seiceps morf ,aleuzeneV E. recovers rebuH dna E. steye~arkii ,namwolP hcihw deniatnoc eniacoc slevel elbarapmoc ot esoht dnuof ni eht ruof detavitluc seiteirav fo acoc namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983). 264 ELBAT 1 SDIOLAKLA IDENTIFIED IN THE RUOF SEITEIRAV FO DETAVITLUC ACOC rehtO secruos ni Erythroxylum seiceps - Tropane alkaloids eniacoC relhoW( dna ,nnameiN 1860) .E acuminatum ).mA( .plaW tdetsmloH( te ,.la 1977) .E areolatum .L namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) .E campestre .tS .liH nailinyA( te ,.la 1974) .E deciduum .tS .liH nailinyA( te ,.la 1974) .E fimbriatum .ryeP namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) .E glaucum .E.O zluhcS namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) .E gracilipes .ryeP namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) .E .ffa impressum .E.O zluhcS namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) .E incrassatum .E.O zluhcS namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) .E lucidum .K.B.H namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) .E macrocnemium .traM namwolP( dna reiviR 1983) .E panamense .zcruT nailinyA( te ,.la 1974) .E pegeterianum .tS .liH nailinyA( te ,.la 1974) .E pulchrum .tS .liH nailinyA( te ,.la 1974) .E recurrens rebuH namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) .E rotundifolium nanuL namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) .E shatona edirbcaM namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) .E steyewnarkii namwolP namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) eniacoclyomanniC ,lesaiG( 1889) ,E monogynum .bxoR arpohC( dna ,hsohG 1938) eniacoclyomanniC-sic ,erooM( 1973) .E pukhrum .tS .liH namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) .E recurrens rebuH namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) .E rotundifolium nanuL namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) .E steyermarkii namwolP namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) eniacoclyomanniC.snart ,erooM( .E recurrens rebuH namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) (1973) .E steyermarkii namwolP namwolP( dna ,reiviR 1983) eninogcelyozneB ,kcreM( 1885) eninogcelyhteM ed( ,gnoJ 1939) .E dekindtii ).lgnE( .E.O zluhcS sopmaC( seveN dna sopmaC ,seveN 1966) enidinogcelyhteM ttehctaM( dna .E dekindtii ).lgnE( .E.O zluhcS ayhaY-lA( te ,.la ,eniveL 1941) 1979) eninogcelymrofroN ed( ,gnoJ 1948) eniportoduesP reuangeH( dna .E dekindtii ).lgnE( .E.O zluhcS sopmaC( seveN ,rehcsnekiF 1960) dna sopmaC ,seveN 1966) .E macrocarpum .E.O zluhcS ,snavE( 1981) .E monogynum .bxoR ragA( dna ,snavE 1976) 265 TABLE 1 (co~~jnued) Other sources in Erytkroxylum species Tropane alkaloids (continued) Benzoyltropine (Wolfes and E. eZZjpticum LF Br. (Johns et al., 1970) Hromatka, 1933) .E macrocarpum O.E. Schulz (Evans, 1981) Tropacocaine (Liebermann, 1891) .E dekindtii (Engl.) O.E. Schulz (Campos Neves and Campos Neves, 1966) .E macrocarpum O.E. Schulz (Evans, 1981) Dihydroxy~opane (Wolfes and Hromatka, 1933) cr-Truxilline (Liebermann, 1888) p-Truxilline (Liebermann, 1888) Pyrrolidine alka~o~s Hygrine ( Liebermann, 1889) E. au&rate F. Muell. (Klein and Soos, 1929) Hygroline (Spiith and Kittel, 1943) Cuscohygrine (Liebermann and Cybulski, 1896) Dihydrocuscohygrine (Hanug et al., 1981) Pyridine alkaloids Nicotine (Fikenscher, 1958) Both cocaine and cinnamoylcocaine were identified in all four varieties of cultivated coca (Plowman and Rivier, 1983). Cinnamoylcocaine was found in higher concentration in the two varieties of E. ~o~~~te~e naht ni either variety of E. coca E. coca var. udapi contained less cocaine than E. coca var. coca. The dried leaves of the most cultivated variety, E. coca var. coca, contain approx. 0.6% cocaine (Plowman and Rivier, 1983). The content of cocaine decreases significantly during storage due to hydrolysis (Ayn~i~ et al., 1974; de Jong, 1948). The possibility of formation of artifacts during the extraction of alkaloids from the coca leaves has been mentioned (Rivier, 1981). Using a mild extrac- tion method and analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, it was established that cocaine and cis- and tmns-cinnamoylcocaine were the endo- genous alkaloids in the coca leaves; none of the other volatile alkaloids previously reported in the literature could be detected in the material used (Rivier, 1981). The occurrence of nicotine in the coca leaves, identified only by thin-layer chromatography and colour reactions with specific reagents (Fikenscher, 1958), could not be confirmed (Rivier, 1981). Rcgonine can be easily converted to cocaine by chemical processes. All other alkaloids from the plant material besides cocaine which yield ecgonine after hydrolysis, e.g. cinnamoylcocaine, benzoylecgonine, methylecgonine, 662 -ro and ,enillixurt-@ tonnac eb detcelgen as yeht era llits lufesu rof eht -ehtnys sis fo eniacoc aiv .eninogce ehT sdiolakla fo seiceps evah neeb delipmoc yb snavE Erythroxylum .)1891( ehT ymonoxatomehc fo eht eaecalyxorhtyrE has neeb deweiver yb reuangeH .)1891( ehT sisehtnysoib fo enaport sdiolakla has neeb ylevisnetxe detagitsevni ni suoecanalos plants ,ekiemoR( ;8791 ,eteeL )9791 and ni ,eteeL( E. coca .)3891,2891 tI has neeb nwohs that eht enidilorryp gnir fo enaport -igiro setan morf enihtinro and that eht smota-C 23 and 4 evired morf owt -elom seluc fo etateca ,ekiemoR( .)8791 ehT emas noitautis has neeb nwohs ot dloh rof eht enidilorryp sdiolakla enirgyh waGcM( and ,yellooW )9791 and enirgyhocsuc ,ekiemoR( .)8791 enitociN is devired morf enihtimo and -ocin cinit dica namssieG( and ,tuorG .)9691 An eniltuo fo eht sisehtnysoib fo eht sdiolakla deifitnedi ni eht detavitluc acoc plants is detneserp ni .giF 1. lacigoloiB ytivitca ehT lacigoloib ytivitca fo eniacoc and enitocin is ton dessucsid ,ereh rof snosaer denoitnem .reilrae oN tnecer erutaretil was dnuof gninrecnoc eht ii<“““” - NH2 NH2 NH,HC NH2 CHjHN NH2 zHC crteCaoteca acid emrgyh - a - cilyxobroc acid munilorryp-’A-lyhtem-N lonatubommolyhtem-L noitac / \ -3 clmtocin ocld 0 enoniport C”3 1 ~CH2-C*--CH*q NC I I OH CH3 CH3 4 ~irgy~csuc eniportoduesp 267 hygrme -IX- corboxylic acid C”, ,W hC, N' N N &r 4 & COOCH, COOH COOCH, 0-CO-C,H, OH OH cocaine ecgonine melhylecgonine CH, CH, H N’ N’ N’ COOCH, COOH COOH & 0-CO-;=;-CC,H, & O-CO-&H, Er 0-CHO CIS- cln”amoylcocal”e benzoylecgonme “orformylecgcmine ,CHx , CH, N N COOCH, COOCH, \ H 4r 0-CO-;=C-C,H, 27 tram-cinnamoylcocame methylecgonidine COOR H5(k$6H5 H5@!$OOR &CO::H, H COOR H H oL- truxillme p- truxllline IJ-~H-CO-CH, ~CH?- CH- CH, FJ--CH~-CH-CH~~ AH 3 COOH % I HA C IH, bH C IHJ hygrine -a-carboxyhc hygrolm? dihydrocuscohygrine acid 5H6c_oc_;& ,W ,W N $/ A - HO4’ 1 0 0-CO-C,H, OH tropinone benzoyl tropine lropacocaine dlhydroxytropane Fig. 1. Alkaloids identified in the cultivated coca plants - an outline of their biosynthesis. 862 biological activity of the tropane alkaloids methylecgonidine, norformyl- ecgonine, pseudotropine, dihydroxytropane, cY-truxillinea nd p-truxilline, and the pyrrolidine alkaloids hygrine, hygroline and dihydrocuscohygrine. Cinnamoylcocaine 3% A solution of cinnamoylcocaine in diluted hydrochloric acid showed no mydriatic and anesthetic properties in cats (Chopra and Ghosh, 1938). Cinnamoylcocaine has no pharmacological activity (Woker, 1953a). At daily doses of 60 mg/kg c~namoylcoc~e orally, mice exhibited normal immune responses (Watson et al., 1983). Mice dosed with 60 mg/kg cinnamoylco- Caine had suppressed plaque forming cell/lo6 spleen cell responses (Watson et al., 1983). The plaque forming cell/spleen responses were significantly suppressed in mice treated with cinnamoylcocaine (Watson et al., 1983). Benzoylecgonine Benzoylecgonine does not show an appreciable anesthetic action (Carney, 1955). When tested for pharmacological activity in rats, benzoylecgonine was inactive after systemic administration, but had potent stimulant activity when administered centrally (Williams et al., 1977). The dopamine uptake into the synaptosomal fraction of rat striatum is affected by benzoylecgonine; the dose is biphasi~~response curve with inhibition of dopamine uptake at concentrations of lo-’ M or lower (Waifs et al., 1977). No observable pharmacological effects are noted in the rat after doses of 250 mg/kg benzoylecgonine intravenously (Misra et al., 1975). At the concentration of 1 mg/kg benzoylecgonine (intracistemally), piloerection, running and jump- ing activity, jerking, rapid breathing and squeaking appeared within 5 min and these effects lasted for approximately 4 h; with higher-doses (2 mg/kg) these effects became more violent without ensuing mortality (Misra et al., 1975). Benzoylecgonine mildly depresses the excitability and contractility of striated muscle of the frog and the rat (Kubota and Macht, 1919). Also in doses from 1 to 3 mg, benzoylecgonine produced no effect upon the behavior of white rats in the circular maze (Macht and Bloom, 1921). Benzoylecgo- nine showed no motility increase in mice after doses of l-50 mg/kg sub- cutaneously and lo-50 mg/kg orally, and no ~pa~ent of retention capa- bility after administration of 0.3-50 mg/kg orally (Nieschulz, 1971). The activity of mice impaired by chloropromazine was increased after administra- tion of 0.1-10 mg/kg benzoylecgonine orally (Nieschulz, 1971). Benzoyl- ecgonine failed to show cocaine-induced liver damage in mice (Thompson et al., 1979). It is approximately 20 times less toxic than cocaine (Woker, 1953a). In rats, benzoylecgonine failed to inhibit the accumulation of [3H]norepinephrine and [‘Hldopamine by synaptosomes from the cortex and striatum, respectively (Komiskey et al., 1977). At a concentration of 10V3 M, benzoyleegonine produced approximately 40% inhibition of vera- t~dine-st~ulat~ 22Na+u ptake in an assay with rat brain membrane homo- genate (Matthews and Collins, 1983). At daily doses of 60 mg/kg benzoyl- ecgonine orally, mice exhibited normal immune responses (Watson et al., 1983). Mice dosed with 60 mg/kg benzoylecgonine had suppressed plaque forming cell/lo6 spleen cell responses (Watson et al., 1983). Benzoylecgonine did not affect the formation and release of [ “Cldopamine in synaptosomal- mitochondrial preparations from the caudate nucleus of rat brain (Bagchi and Reilly, 1983). In the presence of reserpine, which inhibited the synthe- sis and enhanced the release of [“C]dopamine, benzoylecgonine had no effect on the formation of [“C]dopamine at a concentration of 9.1 X 10T6 M, but at the 36.4 X 10s6 M level it showed small but significant additional inhibitory effect; the release of [“Cldopamine in the presence of reserpine was not further enhanced by the addition of benzoylecgonine (Bagchi and Reilly, 1983). Me th ylecgonine Methyl~gon~e shows no ~esthe~c properties (Takman and Camougis, 1970). At concentrations of 5 X 10m3M and higher, it has significant inhibi- ting effect on dopamine uptake into the synaptosomal fraction of rat striatum (Williams et al., 1977). At a concentration of 10m4M , methylecgo- nine produced approximately 30% inhibition of veratridine-stimulated “Na* uptake in an assay with rat brain membrane homogenate (Matthews and Collins, 1983). In the rat, no observable pharmacological effects are noted with me~yl~gonine after high-doses (200 mgfkg intravenously or 10 mg/kg ~trac~ternally) (Misra et al., 1975). Methyl~gon~e failed to show cocaine- induced liver damage in mice (Thompson et al., 1979). At daily doses of 60 mg/kg methylecgonine orally, mice exhibited normal immune responses (Watson et al., 1983). Mice dosed with 60 mg/kg methylecgonine did not have suppressed plaque forming cell/lo6 spleen cell responses (Watson et al., 1983). Pseudo trup~ne Pseudotropine is almost devoid of atropine-like activity; it has only slight activity on ganglia (Gyermek and Nader, 1957). Benzoyltropine Benzoyltropine shows a strong cholinolytic action, but has hardly any anesthetic effect (Nader and Scheiber, 1972). It has mild mydriatic proper- ties (Woker, 1953b). Benzoyltropine shows both potency and selectivity as an antagonist of 5-hydroxytryptamine on the rabbit heart (Fozard et al., 1979). In rats, benzoyltropine inhibits the [3H]norepinephrine and C3H]- dopamine uptake in the cortex and striatum, respectively (Komiskey et al., 1977). Tropacocaine ,eniacocaporT hguohtla erom tnatirri than ,eniacoc is detroper ot evah yletamixorppa eht emas citehtsena noitca as eniacoc htiw eno flah fo its yticixot ,egreoD( ;1791 redaN and ,rebiehcS .)2791 tI is desu yllapicnirp ni spinal aisehtsena ,egreoD( .)1791 eniacocaporT deliaf ot wohs -eniacoc decudni revil egamad ni ecim nospmohT( te al., .)9791 nehW deretsinimda yllaenotirepartni ot decudni-latibrabonehp ,ecim eniacocaport did ton ecudorp yticixototapeh nameerF( and ,nosibraH .)1891 tI shows hcum less citylonilohc noitca than ,eniportlyozneb yllaicepse no eht cinoilgnagtsop srotpecer fo eht eye rodaN( and ,rebiehcS .)2791 nI rats, eniacocaport stibihni eht [ enirhpeniperon]H3 and [ enimapod]H3 ekatpu ni eht xetroc and ,mutairts ylevitcepser yeksimoK( te al., .)7791 tI shows htob ycnetop and ytivitceles as an tsinogatna fo enimatpyrtyxordyh5 no eht tibbar traeh drazoF( te al., .)9791 eniacocaporT has on citairdym seitreporp ,rekoW( .)b3591 Q- and S-Truxilline CX- and enillixurT-3( evah on citehtsena noitca ,rekoW( .)a3591 yehT era gnorts traeh snixot ,nnamrebeiL( .)8881 Hygrine enirgyH has on citehtsena noitca ,rekoW( .)a3591 Cuscohygrine enirgyhocsuC was dnuof ot tibihni eht deyaled epyt ytivitisnesrepyh esnopser ot enezneboroulfortinid-4,2 ni ;ecim ti decudorp %42 noitibihni at yliad sesod fo 60 gk/gm nostaW( te al., .)3891 eciM desod htiw 60 gk/gm enirgyhocsuc had desserppus euqalp gnimrof 6ol/llec neelps llec sesnopser nostaW( te al., .)3891 snoisulcnoC ehT detavitluc acoc plants edulcni ruof :seiteirav Ery throxylum coca var. .rav and coca, E. coca var. ipadu, E. novogranatense novogranatense E. .rav nI tsom fo eht detagitsevni dliw novogranatense truxillense. Erythroxy- mul seiceps ylno ecart stnuoma fo eniacoc erew .detceted ,revewoH owt seiceps morf ,aleuzeneV and deniatnoc eniacoc E. recurrens E. steyermarhii, slevel elbarapmoc ot esoht dnuof ni eht ruof detavitluc seiteirav fo .acoc nI tsartnoc ot eht egral tnuoma fo erutaretil gninrecnoc eht ygolocamrahp fo ,eniacoc ereht is ylevitaler elttil nwonk tuoba eht lacigoloib ytivitca fo
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