Abstract
Ayahuasca is a psychoactive tea used by the indigenous people of the Amazon in shamanic rituals as well as by religious groups such as União do Vegetal and Santo Daime in their rituals. This tea is traditionally made by infusing Psychotria viridis and Banisteriopsis caapi. While Psychotria viridis contains N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), which is biotransformed by intestinal monoamine oxida…