Ayahuasca Page

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• Ayahuasca
  "Ayahuasca" refers to a diverse complex of South American entheogenic brews, but classically comprises a source of DMT made orally active by the addition of a plant containing harmala alkaloids for monoamine oxidase inhibition.

In Chemicals...

• DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine)
  Tihkal #6.

• Harmine (7-methoxy-1-methyl-b-carboline)
  Tihkal #14; primary active agent in B. caapi

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In Taxonomy...

• Banisteriopsis
  Tropical South America genus of ~100 species of vines.

• Banisteriopsis caapi (Ayahuasca, yagé)

• Banisteriopsis inebrians

• Diplopterys cabrerana (Chaliponga)
  Formerly assigned to Banisteriopsis, this vine has a high concentration of DMT

• Mimosa hostilis (Jurema)
  Sometimes called Mimosa tenuiflora; "Tepescohuite"

• Peganum harmala (Syrian rue)
  The seeds of this Middle-Eastern shrub have a long history of medical/psychoactive use. Their properties derive from MAO-inhibiting beta-carboline alkaloids, making it usefl as an ayahuasca admixture.

• Psychotria viridis (Chacruna)
  The leaves of P. viridis are a classic source of DMT in ayahuasca brews.

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