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Beschreibung Lophophora williamsii (frequently named peyote) is a small, spineless cactus with psychoactive alkaloids, especially mescaline. Peyote makes use of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), an alternate form of photosynthesis that exists in succulents such as cacti and other desert plants. As a result, its transcriptome can be considered an essential source for future study concentrated on recognizing how these plants make much more efficient use of water in minimal settings as well as also for research study focused on far better understanding of the general devices resulting in manufacturing of plant additional metabolites and also all-natural items. The "Peyote" is a little, fleshy cactus without backs that grows wild in the Mexican highlands and also in the deserts of South-western United States. Peyote comes from the genus Lophophora, that includes 2 varieties, L. williamsii and L. diffusa. This lophophora williamsii plant is capable of producing big quantities of alkaloids with psychotropic activity, such as β-phenylethylamine or tetrahydroisoquinoline, which are stemmed from the amino acid tyrosine. The function of most alkaloids in plants is unclear and also their value in metabolic process is highly debatable. Alkaloids are heterocyclic compounds which contain a nitrogen atom. The placement of the nitrogen atom in the hydrocarbon ring differs among different alkaloids and various plant family members. The degrees of alkaloids in plants likewise vary from trace total up to up to 10 % of completely dry weight, as well as a single plant varieties could include over one numerous different types. The majority of alkaloids are very toxic as well as therefore have the potential to work in the chemical protection collection of plants versus attack by bacteria as well as herbivores. Alkaloids have actually traditionally been of great rate of interest to people because of their obvious physiological and also clinical residential properties. Peyote mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a class I hallucinogenic alkaloid, and also although it is chemically unconnected to lysergic acid diethyl amide (LSD), the hallucinogenic results of mescaline resemble those of LSD, albeit longer long-term. Letzte Aktivitäten Verlinkungen |
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