Oncidium Cebolleta is known as a peyote replacement among the Tarahumara. Found to contain phenanthrene derivatives of unknown pharmacology. Further research needs to be done, but I have not encountered anything as of yet. If anyone is willing to test specimens for their alakaloidal make up please contact me.
The Tarahumara are a native people that inhabit the rugged and remote area of mountains and canyons in Mexico known as the Barrancas del Cobre or Copper Canyon. Not much is known about their history or their religion, though they follow the Rarámuri philosophy. In the Rarámuri philosophy, respect for others is of prime importance. They give greater value to persons than to objects, and business matters take second place to respect for human beings. I find this is true in my life as well.
I hope to find more about these people and their sacred use of entheogens as soon as possible. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Hello. I am a chemist with access to various analytical instruments including GC/MS (probably the most useful instrument for detailed chemical analysis). I'd be interested in testing specimens for their chemical content...might even get a publication out of it ;).
ReplyDeleteThere is a paper from 1983 that discusses the chemical content, though with current methods the results would certainly be more comprehensive. Here is the DOI of the paper if you are interested. 10.1021/np50027a021