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Nikolai Stephanson

1 paper in the library · 11 citations · publishing 2008

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Ecstasy Analogues Found in Cacti

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs June 1, 2008 Jan G. Bruhn, Hesham R. Ei-Seedi, Nikolai Stephanson et al. 11 citations

Human interest in psychoactive phenethylamines is known from the use of mescaline-containing cacti and designer drugs such as Ecstasy. From the alkaloid composition of cacti we hypothesized that substances resembling Ecstasy might occur naturally. In this article we show that lophophine, homopiperonylamine and lobivine are new minor constituents of two cactus species, Lophophora williamsii...