ReviewNatural products and bioprospecting2019
Ayahuasca: Uses, Phytochemical and Biological Activities.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- Registered Clinical Trials of Ayahuasca and DMT: A Scoping Review.Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 2026Article
- Ayahuasca prevents the reinstatement of cocaine-induced rewarding effects in C57Bl/6 mice.Psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Influence of environmental conditions and seasonality on the metabolome and lipidome of Psychotria viridis leaves.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025Article
- Immunomodulatory and behavioral effects of ayahuasca and N, N-dimethyltryptamine in a rat model of lipopolysaccharide-induced depression.Metabolic brain disease · 2025Article
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- Unveiling the Complexities of Medications, Substance Abuse, and Plants for Recreational and Narcotic Purposes: An In-Depth Analysis.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Neurobiological research on N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and its potentiation by monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibition: from ayahuasca to synthetic combinations of DMT and MAO inhibitors.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2024Review
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- Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion Following Ayahuasca Use in a Satanic Ritual: A Case Report.Cureus · 2022Article
- Ayahuasca as a Decoction Applied to Human: Analytical Methods, Pharmacology and Potential Toxic Effects.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- In Vitro Study of the Bioavailability and Bioaccessibility of the Main Compounds Present in Ayahuasca Beverages.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Biosynthesis and synthetic biology of psychoactive natural products.Chemical Society reviews · 2021Review
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- Evaluation of the Cytotoxicity of Ayahuasca Beverages.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Ayahuasca Beverages: Phytochemical Analysis and Biological Properties.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Simultaneous Production of Psilocybin and a Cocktail of β-Carboline Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors in "Magic" Mushrooms.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2020Article
- Fast Hollow Fiber Liquid-Phase Microextraction as a Greener Alternative for the Determination of N,N-Dimethyltryptamine and Harmala Alkaloids in Human Urine.Frontiers in chemistry · 2020Article
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Abstract
Ayahuasca (caapi, yajé), is a psychoactive brew from the Amazon Basin region of South America traditionally considered a "master plant." It is prepared as a decoction from Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis, which it is thought that it stimulates creative thinking and visual creativity. Native healers of the Orinoco and Amazon basins have used traditionally ayahuasca as a healing tool for multiple purposes, particularly to treat psychological disorders in the patients, with some beneficial effects experimentally and clinically validated. Recently, several syncretic religions, as the "União de Vegetal" (UDV) group in Brazil, have been spread around the world. The use of ayahuasca has been popularized by internet and smart-shops, bringing the psychoactive substance to new highs, emerging new "ayahuasqueros." Ayahuasca has alkaloids as β-carbolines and dimethyltryptamines, which inhibit the monoamine oxidase and active the 5-HT
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