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26. März 1982

lophophora williamsii

lophophora williamsii

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20.07.2022

Lophophora williamsii (commonly named peyote) is a small, spineless cactus with psychedelic alkaloids, particularly mescaline. Peyote utilizes crassulacean acid metabolic rate (CAM), an alternate type of photosynthesis that exists in succulents such as cacti and also various other desert plants. Its transcriptome can be considered a crucial source for future research focused on comprehending how these plants make much more effective use of water in limited settings and also for research study focused on far better understanding of the overall systems leading to production of plant second metabolites and all-natural products. The "Peyote" is a tiny, fleshy cactus without spinal columns that grows wild in the Mexican highlands and also in the arid regions of South-western United States. Peyote belongs to the category Lophophora, which includes 2 species, L. williamsii and also L. diffusa. This lophophora williamsii plant can generating big amounts of alkaloids with psychotropic task, such as β-phenylethylamine or tetrahydroisoquinoline, which are derived from the amino acid tyrosine. The feature of many alkaloids in plants is unclear and also their importance in metabolic rate is very questionable. Alkaloids are heterocyclic compounds that contain a nitrogen atom. The position of the nitrogen atom in the hydrocarbon ring varies among different alkaloids as well as various plant families. The degrees of alkaloids in plants likewise vary from trace total up to approximately 10 % of completely dry weight, and also a single plant varieties could have over one hundred of different kinds. A lot of alkaloids are very harmful as well as consequently have the potential to function in the chemical protection collection of plants against strike by herbivores and bacteria. Alkaloids have actually commonly been of wonderful rate of interest to human beings because of their noticable physical as well as clinical residential or commercial properties. Peyote mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a course I hallucinogenic alkaloid, and also although it is chemically unassociated to lysergic acid diethyl amide (LSD), the hallucinogenic impacts of mescaline resemble those of LSD, albeit longer long-term.

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