A chemical alkaloid compound found in peyote cactus, one of several psychoactive constituents in the plant.
From Anhalonium (peyote) + French/chemical suffix '-uidine' or variant '-dine'. Named by 19th-century chemists analyzing peyote's complete alkaloid profile.
The '-uidine' spelling might be a variant or translation difference—it shows how early chemical nomenclature wasn't completely standardized, so the same compound might get different names!
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