New mescaline concentrations from 14 taxa/cultivars of Echinopsis spp. (Cactaceae) (" San Pedro" ) and their relevance to shamanic practice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 356-362

  Ogunbodede, Olabode ^a   McCombs, Douglas ^a   Trout, Keeper ^b   Daley, Paul ^c   Terry, Martin ^a,b  

^a SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cactus Conservation Institute   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical chemistry; Echinopsis; Mescaline; San Pedro; Shamanism; Traditional medicine; Trichocereus

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; DICHLOROMETHANE; MESCALINE; METHANOL; WATER;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTIVAR; DRY WEIGHT; ECHINOPSIS CUZCOENSIS; ECHINOPSIS LAGENIFORMIS; ECHINOPSIS PACHANOI; ECHINOPSIS PERUVIANA; ECHINOPSIS PUQUIENSIS; ECHINOPSIS SANTAENSIS; ECHINOPSIS SCHOENII; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; TRICHOCEREUS;

CACTACEAE; MESCALINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; SHAMANISM; SOUTH AMERICA;

CACTACEAE; ECHINOPSIS; TRICHOCEREUS;

EID: 77956265670     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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