Necrophilia

NECROPHILIA (syn.: vampirism, necromania, necrosadism, necrotrupation, necrofetishism), a sexual perversion consisting of an attraction to engaging in sexual intercourse or other sexual acts with a corpse (see Sexual perversions). NECTANDRA, a South American plant of the laurel family (Lauraceae); found in several species; the species N. Rodiaei Schomb. is distributed in Brazil and Guiana; its bark contains the alkaloid bebeerine, identical to pellosine, nectandrine, bebirine, and bibirine. Bebeerine (C₁₈H_aiN0₃) is a yellow amorphous powder melting at 180°, or a colorless crystalline powder melting at 214°. The bark of Nectandra is taken internally for intermittent fever, and externally for eye inflammation. The hydrochloride and sulfate salts of bebeerine are used like quinine as an antipyretic (0.2 to 1 g pro die) and as a tonic (0.05-0.1). In technology, the bark of Nectandra is used to obtain dye.