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Published:
Journal of Analytical Toxicology,
ISSN 0146-4760,
Volume 27, Number 6, September,
pp. 381-382
CASE REPORT: The Analysis and Distribution of Mescaline in Postmortem Tissues
Joni L. Henry, Jahna Epley, and Timothy P. Rohrig
Toxicology Reference Services, Osborn Laboratories, Shawnee Mission, Kansas
66201
Mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a hallucinogenic alkaloid found
in the peyote cactus. This report documents mescaline distribution in a death
caused by multiple gunshot wounds. Mescaline was extracted with a butyl chloride
liquid–liquid method and identified by mass spectrometry. Quantitative
analysis was performed by gas chromatography using a nitrogen-phosphorus detector.
Concentrations of the drug were 2.95 mg/L, 2.36 mg/L, 8.2 mg/kg, and 2.2 mg/kg
in blood, vitreous, liver, and brain, respectively. Reproduction
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