A fatal intoxication following the ingestion of 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine in an ayahuasca preparation.
Journal of analytical toxicology January 1, 2005 Jason Sklerov, Barry Levine, Karla A Moore et al. 142 citations
A 25-year-old white male died after consuming herbal extracts containing beta-carbolines and hallucinogenic tryptamines. Autopsy found no anatomic cause of death. Toxicologic analysis of heart blood identified N,N-dimethyltryptamine (0.02 mg/L), 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (1.88 mg/L), tetrahydroharmine (0.38 mg/L), harmaline (0.07 mg/L), and harmine (0.17 mg/L). The medical examiner ruled the cause of death as hallucinogenic amine intoxication and the manner of death as undetermined.