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Pellotine

Tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloid most abundant in Lophophora diffusa ("false peyote"), distinct from mescaline. Produces sedation rather than the classic mescaline visionary state, and was historically isolated as a candidate hypnotic.

sedative
THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE

The molecule, in space.

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3D structure · PubChem CID 12314029 · drag to rotate · scroll to zoom
SMILES NOTATION
C[C@H]1C2=C(C(=C(C=C2CCN1C)OC)OC)O
PubChem CID 12314029 →
RECEPTOR PROFILE

The pharmacological targets through which this compound exerts its effects.

Sedative — exact target poorly characterised
NATURAL SOURCES

Living organisms in which this compound is naturally found.

REFERENCES
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  • Heffter 1894
  • Bruhn 1976
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Other phenethylamines

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