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Psilocin is a mushroom alkaloid and derivative of the psychedelic hallucinogenic drug psilocybin. It is found in most magic mushrooms together with psilocybin. It is a psychedelic hallucinogenic drug.
1 History
The Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann and the laboratory assistant Hans Tscherter from Sandoz isolated psilocin and its phosphate esterFor the Biblical Ester, see Esther. For the town, see Ester, Alaska. In organic chemistry and biochemistry esters are substances that have the functional group R´-COOR" (the carbon is double-bonded to one oxygen atom and single-bonded to another) and cons psilocybin from hallucinogenic mushrooms in 1959 guided by self-administration.
2 Chemistry
Psilocin is obtained by dephosphorylationIn biochemistry, phosphorylation is the addition of a phosphate (PO) group to a protein or a small molecule. Its prominent role in biochemistry is the subject of a very large body of research (the Medline database returns over 100,000 articles on the subj of psilocybin under strongly acidFor alternative meanings see acid (disambiguation). An acid (represented by the generic formula AH is typically a water-soluble, sour-tasting chemical compound. An acid always has a pH of less than 7. It is a molecule or ion that contains hydrogen or thatic or alkalineA base is a chemical compound that either donates hydroxide ions or absorbs hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Bases and acids are referred to as opposites because the effect of an acid is to increase the hydronium ion concentration in water, whereas conditions. Psilocin is relatively unstable due to its phenolicPhenols sometimes called phenolics are a class of chemical compounds consisting of a hydroxyl functional group (-OH) attached to an aromatic hydrocarbon group. The simplest of the class is phenol (CHOH). Although similar to alcohols, phenols have unique p OHThis prefix in chemical nomenclature indicates the presence of a hydroxyl functional group (-OH). Such groups are found in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and as ligands in inorganic compounds. group. Under alkaline conditions in the presence of oxygen it immediately forms bluish and dark black degradation products. Similar products are also formed under acidic conditions in the presence of oxygen and Fe3+ ions ( Keller's reagent , FeCl3 / MeOH / HCl). Psilocin is a basic amine and forms salts with acids that are usually more stable upon storage. Psilocin base can be evaporated by heating.
3 Pharmacology
Please read under psilocybin for more details.
Psilocin is the pharmacologically active agent in the body after ingestion of psilocybin or hallucinogenic mushrooms.
