Analysis of 28 hair samples from users of the hallucinogenic beverage ayahuasca
Forensic Science International April 20, 2021 Mengxi Liu, Huan Yang, Jing Hu et al. 14 citations
Ayahuasca is a psychoactive beverage widely used in religious ceremonies in Amazonia. Dimethyltryptamine is the main active compound of ayahuasca. Dimethyltryptamine has many hazardous effects, including hallucinations. In the present study, a fast and reliable UPLC-MS/MS method was developed and validated for the quantitation of dimethyltryptamine in hair samples. Twenty-milligram hair samples...