Mescal button

Methyl-d-Anhalonidine, C13H19O3N. From a selected fraction of bases in the mother liquors from the working up of mescal buttons Spath and Bruck (1939) isolated this base as the crystalline d-tartrate. It is an oil, b.p. 140°/0-05 mm. (bath temp.), + 20-7° (MeOH),... 

Peyote/ mescaline Button(s), cactus, mesc, mescal, mescal buttons, moon, peyote... 

Cactus Lophophora williamsii Top mescal button Mescaline Swallowed Hallucinogenic Native American Church Mexico, Texas... 

Mescaline is believed to be responsible for the "color visions" experienced by users. The spineless crown of the cactus is cut from the room and dried into a "mescal button". The dried heads... 

After their initial papers these three authors continued writing on the subject in books and articles. Lewin in his 1888 paper did not report on human experiences with peyotl the first such report appeared in The Therapeutic Gazette, on Sept. 16, 1895 Anhalonium Lewinii (Mescal Buttons). A study of the drug, with especial reference to its physiological action upon man, with report of experiments, by D. W. Prentiss and Francis P. Morgan, return... 

Mescaline [54-04-6] (2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)ethylamine) is the active ingredient in mescal buttons (peyotl or peyote), which are the dried tops of the Mexican dumpling cactus l ophopora wilhamsi. Mescaline produces visual hallucinations on ingestion. Its possible use as a psychotomimetic drug in the field of mental health has been studied (see Alkaloids Psychopharmacologicalagents). 

Mitchell, S. W. "Remarks on the Effects of Anhalonium Lewinii (the Mescal Button)," British Medical Journal 2,1625-29,... 

MESCALINE A hallucinatory drug that is the chief acting agent found in mescal buttons of the peyote plant. 

After a search for teonandcatl in specimens of Mexican mushrooms, a prestigious American botanist, Dr. William E. Safford, concluded that there simply were none. He felt that the Spanish chroniclers must have confused them with dried peyote. In a talk entitled "Identification of teonanacatl of the Aztecs with the narcotic cactus Lophophora williamsii and an account of its ceremonial use in ancient and modern times, Safford—who was known for lengthy titles—declared that the dried mescal button resembled "a dried mushroom so remarkably that, at first glance, it will even deceive a mycologist He hypothesized that the Indians may have deliberately misled the Spanish in order to protect their use of peyote. 

Camegiae gigantea, Lophophora uilliamsii (mescal button) (Cactaceae), Cytisus scoparious (Fabaceae), Musa paradisiaca (banana peel) (Musaceae), Hermidium alipes (Nyctaginaceae)... 

Lophophora williamsii (peyote, mescal buttons = cactus flower), Trichocereus pachanoi (cactus) [flesh for S. Am. Indian cimora hallucinogenic potion] (Cactaceae) Lophophora mlliamsii (peyote, mescal buttons = flowering heads of cactus) (Cactaceae), Alhagi, pseudoalhagi (Fabaceae)... 

An alkaloid obtained from the cactus Lophophora williamsii (= Anhalonium williamsii = A. lewinii) (Cactaceae), which grows in the northern regions of Mexico. The cactus is also known by the names peyote or peyotl and dried slices of the cactus are called mescal buttons . 

United Nations Drag Control Programme, Recommended Methods for Testing Peyote Cactus (Mescal Buttons)/Mescaline and Psilocybe Mushrooms/Psilocybin, Manual for use by national narcotics laboratories. United Nations Division of Narcotic Drags, New York, 1989. 

Peyote Cactus (Mescal Buttons)/Mescaline and Psilocybe Mushrooms/Psilocy-bin (1989)... 

Mescaline is an alkaloid from the Mexican peyote cactus (derived from the Indian word peyotl, meaning divine messenger ), the top of which is cut off and dried and used as mescal buttons in religious ceremonies. Mescaline does not induce serious dependence and the drug has little importance except to members of some North and Central American societies and to psychiatrists and biochemists who are interested in the mechanism of induced psychotic states. 

Peyote Mescal Mescal button Chemical/Pharmaceutical/Other Class A phe-nylethylamine derivative alkaloid hallucinogen found in the North American small, blue-green, spineless cactus Lophophora williamsii and in several South American cacti of the trichocereus species... 

Anhalonium Bad seed Big chief Button Cactus Indian dope Lophophora williamsii Mesc Mescal Mescal button Mescaline Moon tops Peyotl Turnip cactus... 

The most commonly encountered form of the drug is mescal buttons . These are the sliced, dried tops of the cactus. Typical dosages are quoted as 100-200 mg of mescaline for a light dose, through to 500-700 mg for a heavy dose. The dose administered depends upon the number of buttons ingested. The onset of effect takes 45-60 min and lasts for 4-8 h. In addition, powdered forms of the drug may also be encountered by the forensic scientist. 

Let us look at the chemical nature of some of these compounds. Mescaline, one of the compounds mentioned by General Drugov, is a compound of rather simple chemical structure, found naturally in mescal buttons, a portion of a small cactus plant used as a stimulant and mild intoxicant, particularly by Mexican Indians in certain ceremonials. 

Mescaline is an alkaloid that is extracted from the flowering heads (mescal buttons) of the peyote cactus. Mescaline causes subjective hallucinogenic effects similar to LSD. The extract is a soluble ciystaUine power that can be dissolved into tea or placed in capsules for ingestion. 

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