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re: Psilocybin 'magic mushroom' Biosynthesized Making Large Scale Production Possible
Posted on 8/16/17 at 4:39 pm to St James Infirmary
Posted on 8/16/17 at 4:39 pm to St James Infirmary
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The euphoria and hallucinations induced from eating Psilocybe “magic mushrooms” have earned the fungi a cult following. Sandoz chemist Albert Hofmann isolated and determined the structure of psilocybin, the main ingredient in mushrooms that leads to the psychedelic effects, nearly 60 years ago. That discovery and subsequent mind-altering experiments by Harvard University psychologist Timothy F. Leary have left scientists longing to develop a large-scale synthesis of the compound for medical uses, which include treating anxiety and depression in terminal cancer patients and treating nicotine addiction. Yet no one has been able to unravel the enzymatic pathway the mushrooms use to make psilocybin, until now.
I'm fairly certain most of this is in accurate, as Hoffman was working with ergot mold in attempt to find a cure for migraines. What he stumbled across was actually LSD and the Sandoz company from Switzerland was the first to commercially produce LSD.
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Posted on 8/16/17 at 5:08 pm to Jp1LSU
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I'm fairly certain most of this is in accurate, as Hoffman was working with ergot mold in attempt to find a cure for migraines. What he stumbled across was actually LSD and the Sandoz company from Switzerland was the first to commercially produce LSD.
The article is correct regarding Hoffman and psilocybin.
Yes, Hoffman is better known for his problem child, LSD.
Here is an interesting link regarding Hoffman and the psilocybin.....
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This post was edited on 8/16/17 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 8/16/17 at 6:03 pm to Jp1LSU
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I'm fairly certain most of this is in accurate, as Hoffman was working with ergot mold in attempt to find a cure for migraines. What he stumbled across was actually LSD and the Sandoz company from Switzerland was the first to commercially produce LSD.
Hoffman's job at Sandoz was to identify and isolate active compounds from organic sources in order to create and market exact-dosage drugs that would be superior to the medicine nature gives us. LSD wasn't the only thing he worked on; later years he focused on psychedelics including psilocybin.
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