Plant dehydration, alkaloid concentration, and cytotoxicity on ayahuasca traditional tea
Ordilena Ferreira de Miranda, Marcílio de Almeida, Ilza Maria de Oliveira Sousa, Ana Lúcia Tasca Góis Ruiz, Mary Ann Foglio
Amazon Expedition Magazine. March 1, 2024 DOI: 10.56365/doi.solutions.2024.1 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | Ayahuasca |
| Keywords | Dehydration Cytotoxicity Alkaloid Traditional medicine |
| Key findings | Ayahuasca is traditionally prepared as a decoction of P. viridis leaves and B. caapi stems for medicinal and ritual use in Amazonian indigenous cultures. |
Abstract
Ayahuasca tea is a decoction prepared with leaves of P. viridis shrub popularly known as rainha, chacrona or chacruna and stems of B. caapi commonly known as mariri, ayahuasca, caapi, jagube (Callaway et al., 1999b; Miranda et al., 2020).The decoction of the plants together is the traditional way of preparing Ayahuasca. This tea has been used in traditional indigenous medicine of the Amazonian peoples for healing and also in spiritual rituals since pre-Columbian times (Estrella-Parra et al., 2019; Miller et al., 2019). In several countries, such as Colombia, Peru and Brazil it is the fundamental element of indigenous cultures (Gaujac et al., 2012; Labate & Feeney, 2012).