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psilocin Chem.|ˈsaɪləʊsɪn|
[a. G. psilocin (A. Hofmann et al. 1958, in Experientia XIV. 108): f. as next.]
The alkaloid 3-(2-dimethyl-aminoethyl)-4-hydroxyindole, C12H16N2O, which is the active hallucinogenic metabolite of psilocybin and is found in traces in psilocybin-containing mushrooms.
1958A. Hofmann et al. in Experientia XIV. 109/1 A second substance, closely related to Psilocybin but found only in traces, has been called Psilocin. 1963Listener 7 Feb. 238/2 Psilocin, which occurs as a compound in a hallucination-causing Mexican mushroom, has also been recently synthesized by military scientists. 1974M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xvii. 324 Cross-tolerance has been demonstrated between LSD and mescaline, psilocybin, and psilocin. 1975Brimblecombe & Pinder Hallucinogenic Agents iv. 108 The active principles of teonanacatl, the sacred mushroom of Central America, are the alkaloids psilocin..and psilocybin... Most species of Psilocybe and a number of Stropharia and Conocybe species contain these compounds. |