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Plant Banisteriopsis caapi (Malpighiaceae)

Common Names

Ayahuasca, Caapi, Yage, Soul Vine, Spirit Vine

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
5-HYDROXY-N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
5-METHOXY-N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE	7	Bark	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ACETYL-NORHARMINE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DIHYDROSHIHUNINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HARMALINE	24	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARMALINIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HARMALOL	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HARMIC-ACID-METHYL-METHYLESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HARMIC-AMIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HARMINE-N-OXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HARMINES	0	Bark	not available	22000.0	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HARMINES	0	Wood	not available	11000.0	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KETO-TETRAHYDRO-NORHARMINE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
N-METHYLTRYPTAMINE	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SAPONIN	0	Bark	not available	6600.0	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SHIHUNINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TELEPATHINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TETRAHYDROHARMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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