Notes: The Presence of Mescaline in Opuntia cylindrica

Mescaline, a psychoactive alkaloid, was identified in the cactus species Opuntia cylindrica. The authors report the presence of this compound through chemical analysis.

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTNotes: The Presence of Mescaline in Opuntia cylindricaWilliam Turner and Jack HeymanCite this: J. Org. Chem. 1960, 25, 12, 2250–2251Publication Date (Print):December 1, 1960Publication History Published online1 April 2003Published inissue 1 December 1960https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jo01082a623https://doi.org/10.1021/jo01082a623research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views168Altmetric-Citations12LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts