Disposition of 14C-mescaline by rabbit lung.
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics February 1, 1977 Robert A. Roth, Jan Roth, C. N. Gillis 17 citations
Metabolism of mescaline by several rabbit tissues was examined in vitro. Mescaline-oxidizing activity (micromoles per milligram of protein/15 min) of lung homogenates was 4 times greater than that of either liver or kidney. Brain and plasma each had comparatively little capacity to metabolize mescaline. Mescaline metabolism in vitro was sensitive to inhibition by semicarbazide. Removal of...