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Petra Bokor

2 papers in the library · 237 citations · publishing 2016

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The Therapeutic Potentials of Ayahuasca: Possible Effects against Various Diseases of Civilization.

Front Pharmacol March 2, 2016 Ede Frecska, Petra Bokor, Michael Winkelman 237 citations

Ayahuasca is an Amazonian psychoactive brew of two main components. Its active agents are β-carboline and tryptamine derivatives. As a sacrament, ayahuasca is still a central element of many healing ceremonies in the Amazon Basin and its ritual consumption has become common among the mestizo populations of South America. Ayahuasca use amongst the indigenous people of the Amazon is a form of...

The Therapeutic Potentials of Ayahuasca: Possible Effects against Various Diseases of Civilization

Frontiers in Pharmacology 2016 Petra Bokor, Ede Frecska, Michael Winkelman

Ayahuasca is an Amazonian psychoactive brew of two main components. Its active agents are β-carboline and tryptamine derivatives. As a sacrament, ayahuasca is still a central element of many healing ceremonies in the Amazon Basin and its ritual consumption has become common among the mestizo populations of South America. Ayahuasca use amongst the indigenous people of the Amazon is a form of...