MESCALINE CONTENT OF THE PEYOTE CACTUS
MESCALINE CONTENT OF THE PEYOTE
Literature on Mescaline Cacti shows that :
1. older Peyote Cacti contain more Mescaline than younger ones of the same size.
2. the highest concentration of Mescaline is in the outer green tissue layer.
3. slowly and sun-grown natural Peyote Cacti contain more Mescaline,
than fast, fertiliser-grown Peyote Cacti with little sun.
Important differences !
Note the difference between:
1.1 a fresh Peyote Cactus, and a dried Peyote Cactus (‘Peyote button’).
1.2 percentage (= % = per 100 = 1/100), and mg per 100 grams (1 milligram = 1/1000 grams).
1.3 analysis of the whole Peyote Cactus, or of only the outer green tissue layer.
This outer tissue layer contains relatively more Mescaline.
 Peyote (Lophophora williamsii)
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MESCALINE CONTENT OF THE PEYOTE - RESULTS FROM STUDIES
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Below is the Mescaline content of the Peyote Cactus.
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Name
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Fresh Cactus
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Dried Cactus
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Researchers
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Year
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Mescaline %
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Mescaline
in mg
per 100
grams
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Mescaline %
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Mescaline
in mg
per 100
grams
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Peyote species
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Lophophora williamsii
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0,9 %
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Kelsey
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1959
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1,5 %
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Bergman
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1971
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1% (estimate)
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Crosby & McLaughlin
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1973
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Lophophora diffusa
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traces
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traces
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False Peyote species
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Pelecyphora aselliformis
= woodlouse cactus
= hatchet Cactus
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< 0,00002 %
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