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===Research===
===Research===
The alkaloids of ''Banisteriopsis caapi'', the plant source of the Amazonian hallucinogen [[ayahuasca]], stimulate adult neurogenesis ''in vitro''.<ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05407-9</ref>


In September 2020, a in vitro and in vivo study showed that DMT present in the ayahuasca infusion promotes neurogenesis.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Morales-Garcia |first1=JA |last2=Calleja-Conde |first2=J |last3=Lopez-Moreno |first3=JA |last4=Alonso-Gil |first4=S |last5=Sanz-SanCristobal |first5=M |last6=Riba |first6=J |last7=Perez-Castillo |first7=A |title=N,N-dimethyltryptamine compound found in the hallucinogenic tea ayahuasca, regulates adult neurogenesis in vitro and in vivo. |journal=Translational psychiatry |date=28 September 2020 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=331 |doi=10.1038/s41398-020-01011-0 |pmid=32989216}}</ref>
====Neurogenesis====
The alkaloids of ''Banisteriopsis caapi'', the plant source of the Amazonian hallucinogen [[ayahuasca]], stimulate adult neurogenesis ''in vitro''.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors=((Morales-García, J. A.)), ((Fuente Revenga, M. de la)), ((Alonso-Gil, S.)), ((Rodríguez-Franco, M. I.)), ((Feilding, A.)), ((Perez-Castillo, A.)), ((Riba, J.)) | journal=Scientific Reports | title=The alkaloids of Banisteriopsis caapi, the plant source of the Amazonian hallucinogen Ayahuasca, stimulate adult neurogenesis in vitro | volume=7 | issue=1 | pages=5309 | date=13 July 2017 | url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05407-9 | issn=2045-2322 | doi=10.1038/s41598-017-05407-9}}</ref>


==Chemistry==
==Chemistry==
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====Cholinergics====
====Cholinergics====
[[Cholinergic]] substances combined with ''Banisteriopsis caapi'' can cause a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholinergic_crisis cholinergic crisis] because the plant contains acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs):
[[Cholinergic]] substances combined with ''Banisteriopsis caapi'' can cause a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholinergic_crisis cholinergic crisis] because the plant contains acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs):
* Harmaline<ref name="Pubmed-19784581">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19784581</ref>
* Harmaline<ref name="Pubmed-19784581">{{cite journal | vauthors=((Zheng, X.)), ((Zhang, Z.)), ((Chou, G.)), ((Wu, T.)), ((Cheng, X.)), ((Wang, C.)), ((Wang, Z.)) | journal=Archives of Pharmacal Research | title=Acetylcholinesterase inhibitive activity-guided isolation of two new alkaloids from seeds of Peganum nigellastrum Bunge by an in vitro TLC- bioautographic assay | volume=32 | issue=9 | pages=1245–1251 | date= September 2009 | issn=0253-6269 | doi=10.1007/s12272-009-1910-x}}</ref>
* Harmine<ref name="Pubmed-19784581" />
* Harmine<ref name="Pubmed-19784581" />