Detection and Quantification of Psychoactive N,N-Dimethyltryptamine in Ayahuasca Brews by Ambient Ionization High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry
ACS Omega October 27, 2020 Megan I. Chambers, Meghan G. Appley, Cameron M. Longo et al. 17 citations
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime designated twenty psychoactive botanical species as "plants of concern" because of their increased recreational abuse. Four of these are used to prepare ayahuasca brews. The complexity of the plant matrices, as well as the beverage itself, make the identification and quantification of the Schedule I component, N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a...