These alkaloids act as reversible inhibitors of monoamine oxydase (MAO) enzymes, which dissolve DMT from the human gut. Which means the alkaloids in the caapi vine empower orally eaten DMT to stay intact, go in to the bloodstream, and get to the brain.textbooks.google.com/books?id=b_z8CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT117&lpg=PT117&dq=%22one+of+the+standard+pillars+o