EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Echinopsis peruviana (Britton & Rose) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley

Family:: Cactaceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 3
Number of processed references:: 2

Compositions

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Baldera-Aguayo, Pedro A., Reyna Pinedo, Víctor M. Phytochemical study of Echinopsis Peruviana. Revista de la Sociedad Química del Perú, 2014, vol. 80, no. 3, p. 202-210.

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Stem / stalk (as part-nature) (A067S)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

2x boiling H2SO4 (0,5M) and 1x boiling water, pH correction, reextraction with chloroform
Substance:

mescaline (RF-00003925-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Electrochemical tests based on potentiometry (pH electrodes, ionsensitive electrodes, potentiometry) (F013A)
Analytical method - additional description:

characterization by ESI-MS, (1)H, (13)C NMR, IR, elemental analysis and TLC
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result expression:

Dry matter (B002A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

0.19
Internal remarks:

mescaline

Composition #2: Ogunbodede, Olabode., McCombs, Douglas., Trout, Keeper., Daley, Paul., Terry, Martin. New mescaline concentrations from 14 taxa/cultivars of Echinopsis spp. (Cactaceae) ("San Pedro") and their relevance to shamanic practice. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, 2010, vol. 131, no. 2, p. 356-362. DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.07.021. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Stem / stalk (as part-nature) (A067S)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

reextraction with dichlormethane and destiled water (specific pH conditions) from methanol extract (Soxhlet apparatus)
Substance:

mescaline (RF-00003925-PAR)
Analytical method code:

High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) (F018A)
Analytical method - additional description:

HPLC-MWD; fractions from HPLC identified with GC-MSD (mescalin hydochloride reference)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result expression:

Dry matter (B002A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

0.24
Internal remarks:

mescaline