Concept information
Preferred term
Mescaline
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- 3,4,5-Trimethoxyphenethylamine
- Trimethoxyphenethylamine
Note
- a peyote alkaloid from Mexican cactus called mescal
Scope note
- Hallucinogenic alkaloid isolated from the flowering heads (peyote) of Lophophora (formerly Anhalonium) williamsii, a Mexican cactus used in Indian religious rites and as an experimental psychotomimetic. Among its cellular effects are agonist actions at some types of serotonin receptors. It has no accepted therapeutic uses although it is legal for religious use by members of the Native American Church.
History note
- PEYOTE was see under MESCALINE 1963-78
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008635
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