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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Lophophora williamsii (Cactaceae)

Common Names
Peyote
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3,4-DIMETHOXYPHENETHYLEMINE 0 Plant *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 50000.0 0.95 *
ANHALAMINE 0 Plant *
ANHALIDINE 0 Plant *
ANHALININE 0 Plant *
ANHALONIDINE 0 Plant *
ANHALONINE 0 Plant *
ANHALOTINE 0 Plant *
CANDICINE 4 Plant *
DEMETHYL-MESCALINE 0 Plant *
HORDENINE 8 Plant *
LOPHOPHORINE 1 Plant *
LOPHOTINE 0 Plant *
MESCALINE 10 Plant *
MESCALINE-CITRIMIDE 0 Plant *
MESCALINE-ISOCITRIMIDE-LACTONE 0 Plant *
MESCALINE-MALEIMIDE 0 Plant *
MESCALINE-MALIMIDE 0 Plant *
MESCALINE-SUCCINIMIDE 0 Plant *
MESCALOTAM 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Adrenergic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant 1 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) *
Antidiarrheic 1 (View) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antifeedant 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchorelaxant 1 (View) *
Cancer-Preventive 1 (View) Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardiotonic 1 (View) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Cardiovascular 2 (View) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
CNS-Active 1 (View) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
CNS-Depressant 1 (View) UNESCO. 1960. Medicinal Plants of the Arid Zones. eds.(botany) I.C. Chopra, B.K. Abrol and K.L. Hands; eds (pharmacology), R. Paris and G. Dillemann UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, Paris 7E. 96 pp.
Convulsant 2 (View) UNESCO. 1960. Medicinal Plants of the Arid Zones. eds.(botany) I.C. Chopra, B.K. Abrol and K.L. Hands; eds (pharmacology), R. Paris and G. Dillemann UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, Paris 7E. 96 pp.
Curare 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Epileptigenic 1 (View) *
Hallucinogen 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Hepatoprotective 1 (View) *
Hypertensive 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypnotic 1 (View) UNESCO. 1960. Medicinal Plants of the Arid Zones. eds.(botany) I.C. Chopra, B.K. Abrol and K.L. Hands; eds (pharmacology), R. Paris and G. Dillemann UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, Paris 7E. 96 pp.
Insectifuge 1 (View) Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
Neurotoxic 2 (View) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.