From: marsthom@coriolis.UUCP (marsthom)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Subject: Re: CACTUS: w. lophophora question
Date: 12 Apr 91 06:45:31 GMT
Organization: Albedo Communications


                      CACTI SOURCES OF MESCALINE
                                                      Approximate Percent
Botanical Name                     Locale             Mescaline Content
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Lophophora williamsii              Texas, Chihuahua    1
Anhalonium lewinii (L. diffusa)    Queretaro          trace (1% pellotine)
Trichocereus peruvianus            Peru                1
Trichocereus pachanoi (San Pedro)  Peru                0.1
Trichocereus brigesii              Bolivia            <0.1
Trichocereus macrogonus            South America      <0.1
Trichocereus terscheckii           Argentina          <0.1
Trichocereus werdermannianus       South America      <0.1
Trichocereus cuzcoensis            Peru               <0.1
Trichocereus fulvilanus            South America      <0.1
Trichocereus taquimbalensis        South America      <0.1
Trichocereus validus               South America      <0.1
Stetsonia coryne                   Argentina          <0.1
Pelecyphora asilliformis           San Luis Potosi     0.00001
Opuntia spinosor                   Arizona,Chihuahua   0.00001
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From:  Shulgin,A.L.,"Chemistry of Phenethylamines Related to Mescaline"
       _Journal of Psychedelic Drugs_ Vol.11(1-2)Jan-Jun 1979

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(this in response for the request for Latin names of psychoactive
 cacti, of course.)