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Mimosa tenuiflora (or Mimosa hostilis) also known as Jurema, is a perrenial 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>Encyclopedia of psychoactive plants. Botany, ethnopharmacology and applications. Aarau: AT-Verl. P. 15. ISBN 978-3-85502-570-1.</ref> It has been used by indigenous peoples of South America for use in [[Ayahuasca]] brews, typically combined with [[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 Analogues: Pangaean Entheogens (1995), ISBN 0-9614234-4-7</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). 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. J.; Auriola, S.; Tukiainen, M.; Ropponen, N. & Callaway, J. (2005). "Isolation and characterization of Yuremamine, a new phytoindole". Planta Medica. 71 (11): 1049–1053</ref>

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Mimosa tenuiflora (or Mimosa hostilis) also known as Jurema, is a perrenial 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>Encyclopedia of psychoactive plants. Botany, ethnopharmacology and applications. Aarau~~: AT-Verl. P. 15. ISBN 978-3-85502-570-1.</ref> It has been used by indigenous peoples of South America for use in [[Ayahuasca]] brews, typically combined with [[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 Analogues: Pangaean Entheogens (1995), ISBN 0-9614234-4-7</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). 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. J.; Auriola, S.; Tukiainen, M.; Ropponen, N. & Callaway, J. (2005). "Isolation and characterization of Yuremamine, a new phytoindole". Planta Medica. 71 (11): 1049–1053</ref>

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+Mimosa tenuiflora (or Mimosa hostilis) also known as Jurema, is a perrenial 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>Encyclopedia of psychoactive plants. Botany, ethnopharmacology and applications. Aarau: AT-Verl. P. 15. ISBN 978-3-85502-570-1.</ref> It has been used by indigenous peoples of South America for use in [[Ayahuasca]] brews, typically combined with [[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 Analogues: Pangaean Entheogens (1995), ISBN 0-9614234-4-7</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). 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. J.; Auriola, S.; Tukiainen, M.; Ropponen, N. & Callaway, J. (2005). "Isolation and characterization of Yuremamine, a new phytoindole". Planta Medica. 71 (11): 1049–1053</ref>
 [[Category:Botany]]
 [[Category:Plant]]
+[[category:DMT Containing Plant]]
-Mimosa tenuiflora (or Mimosa hostilis) also known as Jurema, is a perrenial 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>Encyclopedia of psychoactive plants. Botany, ethnopharmacology and applications. Aarau: AT-Verl. P. 15. ISBN 978-3-85502-570-1.</ref> It has been used by indigenous peoples of South America for use in [[Ayahuasca]] brews, typically combined with [[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 Analogues: Pangaean Entheogens (1995), ISBN 0-9614234-4-7</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). 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. J.; Auriola, S.; Tukiainen, M.; Ropponen, N. & Callaway, J. (2005). "Isolation and characterization of Yuremamine, a new phytoindole". Planta Medica. 71 (11): 1049–1053</ref>