Psilocybin and Psilocybin - the main psychoactive (psychedelic) compounds in magic mushrooms

Psilocybin

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Psilocybin

Psilocybin one of the main psychoactive compounds in magic mushrooms. The active dose of psilocybin is 3-30 mg. The effects are psychotomimetic; psilocybin is considered a psychedelic drug. Duration: 4-7 hours. Chemically speaking psilocybin is a tryptamine and an alkaloid. Psilocybin is the posphate ester of psilocyn and the more chemically stable of the two compounds. Because of its greater molecular weight psilocibyn is less potent than psilocin. Other chemical names for psilocybin are: 4-HO-DMT Phosphate Esther; TRYPTAMINE,4-HYDROXY-N,N-DIMETHYL,4PHOSPHORYLOXY. It is believed that after taking, psilocybin is easily converted into psilocin and that the pharcological properties of both compounds are the same (Shulgin, Tihkal)

psilocybin

Wikipedia: Psilocybin

Psilocybin (pronounced /?sa?l??sa?b?n/ Sil-l?-SYE-bin) (also known as psilocybine or 4-PO-DMT) is a prodrug for the classical hallucinogen - more specifically, psychedelic - psilocin...

Wikipedia: Psilocin

Psilocin (4-hydroxy-dimethyltryptamine, 4-HO-DMT), an aromatic compound, sometimes also (mis)spelled psilocine, psilocyn, or psilotsin, is a psychedelic (hallucinogenic) mushroom alkaloid...

Shulgin > Tihkal > 4HO-DMT

The chapter on psilocybin in the book Tihkal by Alexander and Ann Shulgin.

Fragment on psilocybin and psilocin

this fragment is from LSD, My Problem Child by Albert Hofmann the discoverer of LSD

Paddos (magic mushrooms online book) - CHEMISTRY

A rather short piece on chemistry. DMT is briefly discussed.

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