Forgive me if this has been covered before, but my searches haven't come up with anything. I was wondering about just what the function of psychedelic tryptamines like DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, Bufotenine etc. could be in plants. I understand that a major class of plant hormones, called
auxins, are indolic compounds, and it is believed that heteroauxin (indole-3-acetic acid) is synthesized...