Talk:Ariocarpus fissuratus

Psychoactivity
It is a matter of scientific record that this cactus contains hordenine and N-methyltyramine, but neither of these substances has ever been associated with "mind altering" properties in humans in scientific studies. Writing in 1906, the French pharmacologist L. Camus mentioned, without further elaboration, the occurrence of "hallucinations" in animals given toxic doses of hordenine intravenously, but that's about it. Noone has ever reported anything comparable for N-methyltyramine. Indeed, N-methyltyramine and hordenine are currently being extensively marketed as nutritional "supplements" and there is as yet no anecdotal evidence of mind-altering effects from the public.Xprofj (talk) 00:56, 3 September 2012 (UTC)