Senegalia Berlandieri is a source of numerous alkaloids, among which the most numerous are: N-methyl-N-phenylamine, tyramine and phenylethylamine.
Similarly to Acacia Rigidula, Senegalia Berlandieri promotes the required growth of energy and mood improvement, which it owes to its influence on increasing the level of dopamine and adrenaline in the organism.
Senegalia Berlandieri extract also intensifies lipolysis and stimulates metabolism.
Phenylethylamine derivatives (PEA) contained in the extract of this plant are responsible for the effect of good mood (they stimulate the secretion of serotonin and dopamine), cause positive attitude to life and increase the willingness to act.
Senegalia berlandieri is toxic to livestock and thus should not be used as forage or fodder.
Senegalia berlandieri contains a diverse range of alkaloids, the most plentiful of which are N-methylphenethylamine, tyramine, and phenethylamine.[3] The total alkaloid content in dried leaves has been reported to be in the range 0.28-0.66%.[6]
Four phenolic amines (N-methyl-β-phenethylamine, tyramine, N-methyltyramine, and hordenine) have been detected.
Other trace alkaloids include nicotine and mescaline (the latter of which is found in many cacti but infrequently in other plants).[3] The same group of researchers later reported finding most of the same alkaloids in Acacia rigidula, a related species also native to the Southwestern U.S.[8] However, their findings have not been corroborated by other research, leading to the suggestion that they may have resulted from cross-contamination or simply been artifacts of the researchers' analytical technique.[9]
After the FDA declared that the use of Acacia rigdula was unlawful in supplements (because of frequent adulteration with synthetic drugs), many supplement sellers began replacing previously reported 'rigdula' containing supplements with 'Acacia berlandieri'.[citation needed] Some of these products declare their Acacia extracts as containing Methylsynephrine, an entirely synthetic drug that has never been found in nature.
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