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Luiz Antônio Sodré Costa

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A theoretical investigation of DMT metabolism and the formation of apotential biomarker

Maria Luiza Luiz Marçal, Luiz Antônio Sodré Costa preprint

N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is an endogenous psychedelic tryptamine characterizedby a short duration of action due to its rapid metabolic degradation mediated by monoamineoxidase A (MAO-A), a flavoprotein that utilizes flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) as a redoxcofactor. When ingested as part of ayahuasca, a traditional Amazonian decoction containingPsychotria viridis (a source of DMT) and...