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Cytogenetic Study of the Huichol Indians of Northern Mexico

David L. Dorrance, MD; Oscar Janiger, MD; Raymond L. Teplitz, MD

JAMA. 1975;234(3):299-302.

Abstract
Fifty-seven Huichol Indians with a lifelong individual history and a 1,600-year cultural tradition of ingestion of peyote, a mescaline-containing cactus possessing hallucinogenic properties, were compared with 50 Huichol Indian controls and ten laboratory controls for effects on lymphocyte chromosomes. The frequency of abnormalities in the experimental and control groups did not differ significantly. Our results indicate that multigenerational ingestion of peyote is not associated with abnormalities in lymphocyte chromosomes.

(JAMA 234:299-302, 1975)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine, California College of Medicine, Irvine (Dr. Janiger), and the Department of Cytogenetics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, Calif (Drs. Dorrance and Teplitz).

Footnotes
Reprint requests to City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 E Duarte Rd, Duarte, CA 91010 (Dr. Teplitz).

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