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Plant Banisteriopsis caapi (Malpighiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Ayahuasca, Caapi, Soul Vine, Spirit Vine, Yage
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 5-HYDROXY-N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE Bark -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
7 5-METHOXY-N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE Bark -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 ACETYL-NORHARMINE Bark -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 DIHYDROSHIHUNINE Plant -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
24 HARMALINE Seed -- -- -- *
0 HARMALINIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
7 HARMALOL Plant -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 HARMIC-ACID-METHYL-METHYLESTER Plant -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 HARMIC-AMIDE Bark -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 HARMINE-N-OXIDE Plant -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 HARMINES Bark -- 22000.0 -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 HARMINES Wood -- 11000.0 -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 KETO-TETRAHYDRO-NORHARMINE Bark -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE Bark -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
1 N-METHYLTRYPTAMINE Bark -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 SAPONIN Bark -- 6600.0 -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 SHIHUNINE Plant -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 TELEPATHINE Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 TETRAHYDROHARMINE Leaf -- -- -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.