grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-21 month agoThank you ancestors for evolving a tolerance for neurotoxinsthelemmy.clubimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down13
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minus-squarekata1yst@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 month agoAll true. But the psychoactive cacti of the new world all contain toxic alkaloids, and apparently the people in the cultures using them traditionally have developed genetic resistance to the toxicity lol.
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWhat cacti produce toxic alkaloids? Are you saying mescaline is toxic?
minus-squarekata1yst@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoMy understanding is it’s the cocktail of alkaloids that accompany the mescaline in various doses. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-17118-x#Sec6
All true. But the psychoactive cacti of the new world all contain toxic alkaloids, and apparently the people in the cultures using them traditionally have developed genetic resistance to the toxicity lol.
What cacti produce toxic alkaloids? Are you saying mescaline is toxic?
My understanding is it’s the cocktail of alkaloids that accompany the mescaline in various doses.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-17118-x#Sec6