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'''Mimosa tenuiflora''' (also known as '''Mimosa hostilis''' and '''Jurema''') is a | '''''Mimosa tenuiflora''''' (also known as '''''Mimosa hostilis''''' and '''Jurema''') is a [[Perennial_plant_(botany)|perennial shrub]] indigenous to northeast South America, more commonly in lower altitudes. The dried root bark may contain up to 1.0 to 1.7% [[DMT]]<ref>{{cite book | vauthors=((Rätsch, C.)) | date= 2005 | title=The encyclopedia of psychoactive plants: ethnopharmacology and its applications | publisher=Park Street Press | isbn=9780892819782}}</ref> | ||
It has been used by indigenous peoples of South America for use in [[Ayahuasca]] brews. It is typically combined with [[Banisteriopsis caapi|''Banisteriopsis caapi'']] or another plant source of beta-carboline MAOIs (specifically Reversible Inhibitors of MAO-A, or RIMAs such as the [[Harmala alkaloid|Harmala alkaloids]]).<ref>Ayahuasca | It has been used by indigenous peoples of South America for use in [[Ayahuasca]] brews. It is typically combined with [[Banisteriopsis caapi|''Banisteriopsis caapi'']] or another plant source of beta-carboline MAOIs (specifically Reversible Inhibitors of MAO-A, or RIMAs such as the [[Harmala alkaloid|Harmala alkaloids]]).<ref>{{cite book | vauthors=((Ott, J.)) | date= 1994 | title=Ayahuasca analogues: Pangæan entheogens | publisher=Natural Products Co | edition=1st ed. | isbn=9780961423445}}</ref> It is also used as a source of [[DMT]] for extraction in modern times, and as an admixture for ayahuasca brews in both ancient and modern contexts. | ||
Although no beta-carbolines have been detected in ''M. tenuiflora'' samples, it exhibits psychoactivity when taken alone, suggesting an alternate mechanism than the DMT it contains, which would otherwise be rapidly metabolized by the MAO-A enzyme, rendering it virtually inactive (at least from its DMT content).{{citation needed}} | Although no beta-carbolines have been detected in ''M. tenuiflora'' samples, it exhibits psychoactivity when taken alone, suggesting an alternate mechanism than the DMT it contains, which would otherwise be rapidly metabolized by the MAO-A enzyme, rendering it virtually inactive (at least from its DMT content).{{citation needed}} | ||
==Chemistry== | ==Chemistry== | ||
In 2005 the alkaloid Yuremamine was isolated from root bark samples, and is considered the first compound in a new family of of phytoindole compounds.<ref> Vepsäläinen, J. | In 2005 the alkaloid Yuremamine was isolated from root bark samples, and is considered the first compound in a new family of of phytoindole compounds.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors=((Vepsäläinen, J.)), ((Auriola, S.)), ((Tukiainen, M.)), ((Ropponen, N.)), ((Callaway, J.)) | journal=Planta Medica | title=Isolation and Characterization of Yuremamine, a New Phytoindole | volume=71 | issue=11 | pages=1053–1057 | date= October 2005 | url=http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-2005-873131 | issn=0032-0943 | doi=10.1055/s-2005-873131}}</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Mimosa_tenuiflora.jpg|A drawing of M. tenuiflora | Mimosa_tenuiflora.jpg|A drawing of M. tenuiflora | ||
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==Legal status== | |||
{{see also|Ayahuasca#Legal status|DMT#Legal status}} | |||
Internationally, DMT is a Schedule I drug under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances. The Commentary on the Convention on Psychotropic Substances notes, however, that the plants containing it are not subject to international control:<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.maps.org/pipermail/maps_forum/2001-March/003376.html |title=DMT – UN report |publisher=MAPS |date=2001-03-31 |accessdate=2012-01-14 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121083150/http://www.maps.org/pipermail/maps_forum/2001-March/003376.html |archivedate=January 21, 2012 }}</ref> | |||
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''"The cultivation of plants from which psychotropic substances are obtained is not controlled by the Vienna Convention. . . . Neither the crown (fruit, mescal button) of the [[Peyote]] cactus nor the roots of the plant [[Mimosa hostilis]] nor [[Psilocybin mushrooms|''Psilocybe'' mushrooms]] themselves are included in Schedule 1, but only their respective principals, [[mescaline]], [[N,N-Dimethyltryptamine|DMT]], and [[psilocin]]."'' | |||
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==External links== | |||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_tenuiflora Mimosa tenuiflora (Wikipedia)] | |||
*[https://erowid.org/plants/mimosa/mimosa.shtml Mimosa tenuiflora (Erowid Vault)] | |||
*[https://drugs-forum.com/wiki/Mimosa_hostilis Mimosa tenuiflora (Drugs-Forum)] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Mimosa (genus)]] | [[Category:Mimosa (genus)]] | ||
[[category:DMT-containing plants]] | [[category:DMT-containing plants]] | ||