12), a fact which probably has led to the unfortunate 
confusion of peyote or mescal buttons with the alcoholic 
‘‘mescal’’ or agave-brandy distilled from the juice of A4- 
gave spp. In many places peyote tea may be used in 
preference to the dry buttons, the tufts of hair of which 
often cause nausea if not removed. The use of this tea is 
very common when a patient is being treated during a 
peyote ceremony. 
There are nine ‘‘anhalonium’’ alkaloids. Eight’ of 
these may be found in Lophophora Williamsu: Mesca- 
line, Pellotine, Anhalonidine, Anhalonine, Lophopho- 
rine, Anhalamine, Anhalinine, and Anhalidine. Of these, 
the first five are sedative in physiological action; anhala- 
mine is an excitant. Anhalinine and Anhalidine have 
only recently been isolated and in amounts too minute to 
be of use in physiological tests. Anhalonine and Pellotine 
hydrochlorides find minor use in insomnia, neurasthenia, 
and hysteria; the latter is analgesic, though not to the 
extent of morphine. Mescaline, the vision-producing 
alkaloid, is used (as the sulfate) for this purpose in psy- 
chological investigation and is valuable to the psycho- 
pathologist in investigating mental derangements. AI] 
of these alkaloids can be synthesized. 
In the isolation of the alkaloids from the plant ma- 
terial, a residue that is said to consist of a waxy substance 
and ‘‘two resinous bodies’’ (73) is obtained. This has not 
been investigated thoroughly either chemically or phys- 
iologically; it has been suggested that it may be physio- 
logically active, but present indications are that it is not. 
The ninth ‘‘anhalonium’”’ alkaloid, Anhaline,° is ob- 
‘ 
°The number and relative proportions of these alkaloids in Lophophora 
Williamsii vary greatly with seasonal and environmental changes; any 
number from four to eight may be present. 
®Anhaline, isolated from Ariocarpus jfissuratus (Engelm.) K.Schum. 
in Engler and Prantl] Natirl. Pflanzenfam. III. 6. a. (1894) 195, is 
identical with hordenine found in Hordeum spp. 
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