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'''Oswaldo Gonçalves de Lima''' was a Brazilian scientist who, in 1946, isolated from the roots of [[Mimosa hostilis]] an alkaloid he named nigerine, the active principle of the northeastern Brazilian preparation known as the wine of jurema.<ref name="lima1946">Gonçalves de Lima O. Observações sobre o "vinho da Jurema" utilizado pelos índios Pancarú de Tacaratú (Pernambuco). Arquivos do Instituto de Pesquisas Agronômicas. 1946;4:45-80.</ref> Nigerine was later shown to be [[DMT]].

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