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CORRIGENDUM (Open Access)

Corrigendum to: Introduction to the chemistry and pharmacology of psychedelic drugs

Scott R. Walker , Glenn A. Pullella , Matthew J. Piggott and Peter J. Duggan
Australian Journal of Chemistry 77, CH23050_CO https://doi.org/10.1071/CH23050_CO
Published online: 19 January 2024

© 2024 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

Australian Journal of Chemistry 76, (5), 236–257. doi:10.1071/CH23050

The authors advise that at the top of page 246 it was incorrectly stated that Echinopsis lageniformis, one of a number of mescaline-containing cacti, has been consumed by humans throughout the Americas for millennia. In fact, no clear supportive evidence for the historical use of E. lageniformis by indigenous peoples can be found. The relevant sentence should be changed from:

The history of psychedelic phenethylamines, as noted earlier, is ancient and begins with mescaline (4), which has been consumed by humans in preparations of the peyote (L. williamsii) and wachuma (E. pachanoi, E. peruvianus or E. lageniformis) cacti throughout the Americas for millennia.

to:

The history of psychedelic phenethylamines, as noted earlier, is ancient and begins with mescaline (4), which has been consumed by humans in preparations of the peyote (L. williamsii) and wachuma (E. pachanoi or E. peruvianus) cacti throughout the Americas for millennia.

Keeper Trout is thanked for drawing this error to our attention.