Ayahuasca: alkaloids, plants & analogs
Section 3 : Part 2 :
Phalaris aquatica
A look at some selected reports
It should be noted that material marked D+M or M may contain either 5-MeO-MMT or 5-MeO-DMT or both. No breakdown was attempted.
In the case of Marten et al. 1974 (ref. 5b) all values were generated as mean averages and harvests were not at optimum times.
Abbreviations and definitions
Table headings are also located at the end of the table.
Phalaris arundinacea
Clone # or name | Date/ Place of harvest | Age/ Type of growth | Alkaloid(s) | %
as dry wt. | % of total alk. | total alk. (dry wt.) | Ref |
Phalaris aquatica = Phalaris tuberosa | |||||||
CPI 14057 Israel | Australia4 | TDT | 0.030 | 0.041% | 8 | ||
CPI 14279 Greece | Australia4 | TDT | 0.053 | 0.070% | 8 | ||
CPI 14419 Portugal = PI 236547 at USDA GRIN | Australia4 | TDT | 0.038 | 0.044% | 8 | ||
CPI 19344 Portugal | Australia4 | TDT | 0.087 | 0.096% | 8 | ||
CPI 19357 Italy | Australia4 | TDT | 0.027 | 0.031% | 8 | ||
cv. Australian Commercial | Australia4 | TDT | 0.027 | 0.040% | 8 | ||
cv. Australian Commercial | Australia | Field grown | TDT | 0.046 | 0.059% | 8 | |
cv. Australian Commercial | Leaf. Age not specified. Seedlings implied. | DMT 5-MeO-DMT | 0.1% 0.05% | 3 | |||
cv. Australian Commercial | 7 day old 100 seedlings8 | DMT Gramine | 300 nmol 2 nmol [Typo?] | 6 | |||
cv. Australian Commercial | 7 day old 100 seedlings8 | DMT 5-MeO-DMT Gramine Tryptamine MMT 5-MeO-T 5-MeO-MMT 3-AMI 3-MAMI Unidentified9 | 280 nmol (53 mg) 150 nmol (33 mg) 200 nmol trace trace trace trace trace trace | 7 | |||
Harding-grass See as Phalaris aquatica var. stenoptera | |||||||
cv. Sirocco (see also list) | 7 day old 100 seedlings8 | Gramine DMT 5-MeO-DMT | 175 nmol 24 nmol 51 nmol | 7 | |||
var. stenoptera | California | Leaf | TDT | 0-0.2% | 10 | ||
var. stenoptera | California | Expressed juice | DMT 5-MeO-DMT | 0-60 mg/ml 135-264 mg/ml | 9 | ||
Clone # or name | Date/ Place of harvest | Age/ Type of growth | Alkaloid(s) | % as dry wt. | % of total alk. | total alk. (dry wt.) | Ref |
Legend (for numbers in superscript)
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1: Numbers with this format are USDA clone numbers. [Many are readily available through the USDA. Check their GRIN website.]
2: Originated from U.S. Regional Pasture Research Laboratory, University Park, Pennsylvania.
3: Origin listed as "highly diverse source population used in plant breeding and genetic studies at the University of Minnesota, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics."
4: Grown in a controlled environment of 21°C days/16°C nights with an 8 hour day length.
5: DMT was found in only 75% of the individuals arising from this clone.
6: Material stored in plastic bags, frozen at -12°C, until analyzed in 1969.
7: Harvested when 20-60 cm tall and still in vegetative stage.
8: 100 seedlings weighed 10-20 grams.
9: Unidentified trace alkaloids turned out to be 5-Methoxygramine, 5,7-Dimethoxygramine and 7-Methoxygramine. All were in the whole plant but highest in the roots. Mulvena & Slaytor 1983
10: Simons & Marten 1971 obtained the clones P.I. 235547 Sweden [USDA clone 19-7] and P.I. 253317 Yugoslavia from either the Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, Pullman Washington or the Northeastern Station, Geneva, NY.
References used for Phalaris table:
1. Appleseed (Variable dates)
2. Barnes et al. 1971
3. Baxter & Slaytor 1972
4. Gander et al. 1976
5a. Marten et al. 1973
5b. Marten et al. 1974
6. Mulvena & Slaytor 1982
7. Mulvena & Slaytor 1983
8. Oram & Williams 1967
9. Rendig et al. 1970
10. Rendig et al. 1976
11. Williams et al. 1971
For complete citations please see the reference listings