Revista de Ciências Farmacêutica Básica e Aplicadas - RCFBA
2021
Arilton Martins Fonseca, Eliana Rodrigues
Objectives: The objectives of this study were (a) to describe the history of the formation of the Centro Luz Divina (CLD), Piedade, São Paulo, (b) to describe the plants and recipes involved in making ayahuasca, and (c) to provide information for future chemical and pharmacological studies of ayahuasca. Methods: During the 578 hours of fieldwork between 2017 and 2019, 10 interviewees were...
Frontiers in Pharmacology
2021
Leor Roseman, Yiftach Ron, Antwan Saca et al.
39 citations
Psychedelics are used in many group contexts. However, most phenomenological research on psychedelics is focused on personal experiences. This paper presents a phenomenological investigation centered on intersubjective and intercultural relational processes, exploring how an intercultural context affects both the group and individual process. Through 31 in-depth interviews, ceremonies in which...
Ethnologia Polona
December 18, 2020
Zuzanna Sadowska
Cull of Personality: Ayahuasca, Shamanism and the Death of the Healer tells a story of colonial encounters with different worlds, with a primary focus on the processes associated with turning human and non-human others into resources. Along with Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of the New World and the signing of the Treaty at Tordesillas, which divided its territory between European empires,...
Taxon
December 11, 2020
Regina Célia de Oliveira, Júlia Sonsin‐oliveira, Thaís Aparecida Coelho Dos Santos et al.
6 citations
Abstract Ritually used in religious ceremonies and now popular culture, Banisteriopsis caapi (≡ Banisteria caapi ) is the most important ingredient in an inebriating drink known as Ayahuasca. The nomenclatural history of B. caapi and B. quitensis is presented, and both names are lectotypified.
December 10, 2020
Ordilena Ferreira de Miranda
\n B. caapi e P. viridis são plantas de origem amazônica e as principais espécies preconizados para preparação do chá Ayahuasca. Um chá com efeitos enteogênico e psicotrópico de uso milenar pelos povos indígenas da Amazônia, preparado pela decocção de caules de B. Caapi, que apresenta os alcaloides β-carbolínicos harmina (HRM), harmalina (HRL) e tetrahidrohramina (THH), e folhas de P. viridis...
Journal of Agricultural Studies
December 10, 2020
Adriane Cordeiro Trevisani, João Pedro Cordeiro Trevisani, Moacir Haverroth et al.
1 citation
Ayahuasca is a drink of indigenous origin made as a decoction obtained from medicinal plants found mainly in Acre, state of Brazil, which are the leaves of Psychtoria viridis, popularly known as “chacrona” in Brazil, and the stem of Banisteriopsis caapi, commonly known as mariri or jagube. The decoction is used in religious practices for the therapy of diseases that affect the human being, such...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
December 7, 2020
Lucas Oliveira Maia, Dimitri Daldegan-Bueno, Luís Fernando Tófoli
33 citations
Diseases that threaten life raise existential questions that can be a source of psychological distress. Studies with psychedelics demonstrate therapeutic effects for anxiety and depression associated with life-threatening illnesses. Ayahuasca has been proposed as a possible therapeutic agent in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Preliminary studies suggest that ayahuasca could promote...
Research Square
November 30, 2020
Brandon Weiss, Joshua D. Miller, Nathan T. Carter et al.
7 citations
preprint
Abstract The present study examines the association between the ceremonial use of ayahuasca – a decoction combining the Banistereopsis caapi vine and N,N Dimethyltryptamine-containing plants – and changes in personality traits as conceived by the Five-Factor model (FFM); as well as the degree to which demographic characteristics, baseline personality, and acute post-ayahuasca experiences affect...
Molecules
November 28, 2020
Ana Y. Simão, Joana Gonçalves, Ana Gradillas et al.
19 citations
Ayahuasca is a beverage consumed at shamanic ceremonies and currently has gained popularity on recreational scenarios. It contains beta-carboline alkaloids and N,N-dimethyltryptamine, which possesses hallucinogenic effects. Only a few studies have elicited the psychoactive effects and the dose of such compounds on neurological dopaminergic cells or animals. In this work, we aimed to study the...
November 27, 2020
Giordano Novak Rossi
A ayahuasca é uma bebida psicoativa tradicionalmente utilizada por grupos indígenas da Amazônia com fins rituais e terapêuticos. Estudos em animais e humanos sugerem que a ayahuasca possui efeitos ansiolíticos e antidepressivos. O canabidiol (CBD) por sua vez é um fitocanabinoide produzido pela planta da maconha, e tem demonstrado diversas aplicações terapêuticas nos últimos anos, incluindo...