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'''Lophophora williamsii''' also knows as '''Peyote''' or '''Peyotel (Spanish)''' is a slow growing spineless cactus with psychoactive alkaloids like [[mescaline]].<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5065448</ref> Native North Americans are likely to have used peyote, often for spiritual purposes, for at least 5,500 years.<ref>El-Seedi HR, De Smet PA, Beck O, Possnert G, Bruhn JG (October 2005). "Prehistoric peyote use: alkaloid analysis and radiocarbon dating of archaeological specimens of Lophophora from Texas". J Ethnopharmacol.</ref>
'''Lophophora williamsii''' also knows as '''Peyote''' or '''Peyotel (Spanish)''' is a slow growing spineless cactus with psychoactive alkaloids like [[mescaline]] and [[pellotine]].<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5065448</ref> Native North Americans are likely to have used peyote, often for spiritual purposes, for at least 5,500 years.<ref>El-Seedi HR, De Smet PA, Beck O, Possnert G, Bruhn JG (October 2005). "Prehistoric peyote use: alkaloid analysis and radiocarbon dating of archaeological specimens of Lophophora from Texas". J Ethnopharmacol.</ref>


==Varieties==
==Alkaloids in different Lophophora species==
According to the study by Dr Štarha<ref>Grym, Rudolf (1997). Rod/Die Gattung Lophophora. Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo Roman Staník. ISBN 80-900933-9-6. [The book features an appendix on Lophophora chemistry by Dr Roman Štarha.]</ref> all varieties of peyote contain approximately 0.7 mg of mescaline per gram of living plant. Both Lophophora diffusa and Lophophora fricii are found to be low in mescaline and high in [[pellotine]].