Ayahuasca is a psychoactive beverage used ancestrally by indigenous Amazonian tribes and, more recently, by Christian religions in Brazil and other countries. This study aimed to investigate the reproductive effects of this beverage in male Wistar rats after chronic exposure. The rats were treated by gavage every other day for 70 days at 0 (control), 1, 2, 4 and 8 the dose used in a religious...
AGRADECIMENTOSÀ minha orientadora Eloisa Dutra Caldas e co-orientadora Aline Pic-Taylor por me "adotarem" ainda na graduação me proporcionando conhecimento ao longo dos programas de Iniciação Científica.Por depositarem em mim a confiança necessária para a realização deste trabalho e por serem exemplos de mulheres e pesquisadoras excepcionais.
Ayahuasca, a psychoactive beverage used by indigenous and religious groups, is generally prepared by the coction of Psychotria viridis and Banisteriopsis caapi plants containing N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and β-carboline alkaloids, respectively. To investigate the acute toxicity of ayahuasca, the infusion was administered by gavage to female Wistar rats at doses of 30X and 50X the dose taken...