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Ayahuasca: Uses, phytochemical and biological activities

Estrella-Parra EA, Almanza-Perez JC, Alarcon-Aguilar FJ

Natural Products and Bioprospecting (2019)

Comprehensive review
Abstract

Comprehensive review of ayahuasca covering ethnobotanical origins, chemical composition, pharmacology, and biological activities. Discusses psychoactive effects, traditional therapeutic applications, modern clinical findings, and the multidisciplinary research opportunity ayahuasca represents.

Citations80
Study TypeComprehensive review
phytochemistrybiological activitiesethnobotanypharmacologycomprehensive review
DOI: 10.1007/s13659-019-0210-5View on PubMed

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