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Banisteriopsis

 
 
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Disease relevance of Banisteriopsis

  • Electroencephalography recordings were obtained from 18 volunteers after the administration of a dose of encapsulated freeze-dried ayahuasca containing 0.85 mg DMT/kg body weight and placebo [1].
 

High impact information on Banisteriopsis

 

Associations of Banisteriopsis with chemical compounds

  • A fatal intoxication following the ingestion of 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine in an ayahuasca preparation [7].
  • Monoamine oxidase inhibitors in South American hallucinogenic plants: tryptamine and beta-carboline constituents of ayahuasca [8].
  • At the time of this writing, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case in which a large quantity of the ayahuasca tea was seized in the U.S. destined for sacramental use in church ritual [9].
 

Gene context of Banisteriopsis

  • Ayahuasca decreased power density in the alpha-2, delta, theta and beta-1 frequency bands [1].
  • Harmine, a major alkaloid in ayahuasca (hoasca), is a selective and reversible inhibitor of the enzyme monoamine oxidase-A (MAO-A) [10].
  • Roger Rumrrill, a journalist headquartered in Lima, Peru who is a noted expert on the Peruvian Amazon, interviewed Guillermo Arrévalo, a Shipibo urban shaman in Pucallpa, who utilizes ayahuasca in curing rituals [11].

References

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  2. Clinical investigations of the therapeutic potential of ayahuasca: rationale and regulatory challenges. McKenna, D.J. Pharmacol. Ther. (2004) [Pubmed]
  3. Effects of ayahuasca on sensory and sensorimotor gating in humans as measured by P50 suppression and prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex, respectively. Riba, J., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Barbanoj, M.J. Psychopharmacology (Berl.) (2002) [Pubmed]
  4. Subjective effects and tolerability of the South American psychoactive beverage Ayahuasca in healthy volunteers. Riba, J., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Urbano, G., Morte, A., Antonijoan, R., Montero, M., Callaway, J.C., Barbanoj, M.J. Psychopharmacology (Berl.) (2001) [Pubmed]
  5. Platelet serotonin uptake sites increased in drinkers of ayahuasca. Callaway, J.C., Airaksinen, M.M., McKenna, D.J., Brito, G.S., Grob, C.S. Psychopharmacology (Berl.) (1994) [Pubmed]
  6. Topographic pharmaco-EEG mapping of the effects of the South American psychoactive beverage ayahuasca in healthy volunteers. Riba, J., Anderer, P., Morte, A., Urbano, G., Jané, F., Saletu, B., Barbanoj, M.J. British journal of clinical pharmacology. (2002) [Pubmed]
  7. A fatal intoxication following the ingestion of 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine in an ayahuasca preparation. Sklerov, J., Levine, B., Moore, K.A., King, T., Fowler, D. Journal of analytical toxicology. (2005) [Pubmed]
  8. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors in South American hallucinogenic plants: tryptamine and beta-carboline constituents of ayahuasca. McKenna, D.J., Towers, G.H., Abbott, F. Journal of ethnopharmacology. (1984) [Pubmed]
  9. Interview with Jeffrey Bronfman, representative mestre for the União do Vegetal Church in the United States. Interview by Marlene Dobkin de Rios and Charles S Grob. Bronfman, J. Journal of psychoactive drugs. (2005) [Pubmed]
  10. Fast and slow metabolizers of Hoasca. Callaway, J.C. Journal of psychoactive drugs. (2005) [Pubmed]
  11. Interview with Guillermo Arrévalo, a Shipibo urban shaman, by Roger Rumrrill. Interview by Roger Rumrrill. Arrévalo, G. Journal of psychoactive drugs. (2005) [Pubmed]
 
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