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...