Two Jews and a Christian Drink Yajé at the Maloca (Spanish)
Mundo Amazónico, 2011 Narrative about two Jews who go to an Amazonian Maloca to drink ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis caapi) with a Christian Indian.
Jimmy Weiskopf
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Banisteriopsis caapi, a Forgotten Potential Therapy for Parkinson's Disease? [PDF]
Mov Disord Clin Pract, 2016 Abstract Banisteriopsis caapi , a liana indigenous to the Amazon basin with metagnomigenic properties and possible anti‐depressant effects is one of the natural sources of harmala alkaloids.
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Comparación de la capacidad antioxidante de cuatro metabolitos secundarios presentes en la planta amazónica Banisteriopsis caapi (Ayahuasca) frente a la N-acetil cisteína, fármaco antioxidante comercial [PDF]
, 2018 Dado que en los últimos años se ha se ha generado un auge de remplazo de moléculas sintéticas por naturales, se realizó la comparación de la capacidad antioxidante de cuatro metabolitos secundarios presentes en la planta amazónica Banisteriopsis caapi, ayahuasca frente al fármaco N-acetil cisteína, (FLUIMUCIL ®).
Bravo Bernal, Fabiola Michelle
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Machine learning recovers folk classification of <i>Banisteriopsis caapi</i> from herbarium leaves an ayahuasca liana. [PDF]
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Composition, standardization and chemical profiling of Banisteriopsis caapi, a plant for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders relevant to Parkinson's disease. [PDF]
J Ethnopharmacol, 2010 Banisteriopsis caapi, a woody vine from the Amazonian basin, is popularly known as an ingredient of a sacred drink ayahuasca, widely used throughout the Amazon as a medicinal tea for healing and spiritual exploration. The usefulness of Banisteriopsis caapi has been established for alleviating symptoms of neurological disorders including Parkinson's ...
Wang YH +11 more
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Resilience and Brain Changes in Long-Term Ayahuasca Users: Insights From Psychometric and fMRI Pattern Recognition. [PDF]
J Magn Reson ImagingABSTRACT Background Ayahuasca is an Amazonian psychedelic brew that contains dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and beta carbolines. Prolonged use has shown changes in cognitive‐behavioral tasks, and in humans, there is evidence of changes in cortical thickness and an increase in neuroplasticity factors that could lead to modifications in functional neural ...
Ramos LR, Fernandes O, Sanchez TA.
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Banisteriopsis caapi, a unique combination of MAO inhibitory and antioxidative constituents for the activities relevant to neurodegenerative disorders and Parkinson's disease. [PDF]
J Ethnopharmacol, 2010 Parkinson's disease is a neurological disorder mostly effecting the elder population of the world. Currently there is no definitive treatment or cure for this disease. Therefore, in this study the composition and constituents of the aqueous extract of Banisteriopsis caapi for monoamine oxidases (MAO) inhibitory and antioxidant activities were assessed,
Samoylenko V +9 more
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Mundo Amazónico, 2022 Ayahuasca has spread from indigenous Amazonia to the industrialized world, in the form of ceremonies catering to Westerners, a corpus of academic studies and personal accounts and depictions of it in novels and films.
Jimmy Weiskopf
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Ari’s Burger: Vignettes of Iquitos (Part 3)
Mundo Amazónico, 2020 This is the final episode of a three-part story about a visit to Iquitos at the time of the new millennium by the narrator, who lives in Colombia and has been drinking yajé (ayahuasca) with its indigenous shamans.
Jimmy Weiskopf
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Knowledge coproduction to improve assessments of nature's contributions to people
Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 6, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Sustainability science needs new approaches to produce, share, and use knowledge because there are major barriers to translating research into policy and practice. Multiple actors hold relevant knowledge for sustainability including indigenous and local people who have developed over generations knowledge, methods, and practices that ...
Améline Vallet +9 more
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