Concise large-scale synthesis of psilocin and psilocybin, principal hallucinogenic constituents of "magic mushroom"

Journal of Natural Products

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 885-887

  Shirota, Osamu ^a   Hakamata, Wataru ^a   Goda, Yukihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOLYTE; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; PSILOCIN; PSILOCYBINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; [BENZYL [2 (4 OXYINDOL 3 YL)ETHYL]DIMETHYLAMMONIO] 4 O BENZYL PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; EXTRACTION; MAGIC MUSHROOM; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; PSILOCYBE CUBENSIS;

EID: 0038542220     PISSN: 01633864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/np030059u     Document Type: Article

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