Baeocystin
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| Baeocystin | |
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| Chemical name | 4-phosphoryloxy-N-methyl-tryptamine or phosphoric acid mono- [3-(2-methylamino-ethyl)-indol-4-yl] ester |
| Chemical formula | C11H15N2O4P |
| Molecular mass | 270.22 g/mol |
| Melting point | (decomposes) |
| CAS number | |
| SMILES | O=P([O-])(O)OC1=CC=CC2=C1C(CC[NH2+]C)=CN2 |
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Baeocystin is a mushroom alkaloid and analog of the psychedelic hallucinogenic drug psilocybin, a tryptamine derivative. It is found as a minor compound in most psychoactive mushrooms together with psilocybin, norbaeocystin, and psilocin. Little information exists with regard to human pharmacology, but a dosage of 10mg is reported to produce entheogenic effect, which is to say, hallucinogenic effects that has been attributed sacred status by some religious groups.
First isolated from the mushroom Psilocybe baeocystis, baeocystin is a demethylated derivative of psilocybin.
References
- Leung, A.Y. and A.G. Paul. "Baeocystin and Norbaeocystin: New Analogs of Psilocybin from Psilocybe baeocystis." Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 57(10): 1667-1671 (1968).
- DB Repke, DT Leslie, G Guzman. "Baeocystin in Psilocybe, Conocybe and Panaeolus." Lloydia. 1977 Nov-Dec;40(6):566-78.
External links
- For a full list of external links to MSDSs, spectroscopic data, commercial chemicals suppliers etc. for this compound, see [Chemical sources].
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