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Robert S. Mansbach

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Behavioral profile of constituents in ayahuasca, an Amazonian psychoactive plant mixture

Drug and Alcohol Dependence May 1, 1999 Cory S. Freedland, Robert S. Mansbach 51 citations

Ayahuasca is a psychoactive plant mixture typically composed of the beta-carboline-rich Banisteriopsis caapi vine and the hallucinogenic plant Psychotria viridis. Ayahuasca has long been used by aboriginal populations for its putative spiritual and medicinal benefits. Although the presumed primary chemical constituents of ayahuasca have been identified, little is known about the basic in vivo...