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psilocin; psilotsin; 4-hydroxy N,N-dimethyltryptamine

One of 2 hallucinogenic components of Teonanaacatl, the sacred mushroom of Mexico, obtained from the fruiting bodies of Psilocyne mexicana & other species of Psylocybe & Stropharia. Psilocybin is the major component.

Interactions

drug adverse effects of psychotropic agents

Specific

psilocybin; indocybin (magic mushroom)

General

hallucinogen; psychodysleptic tryptamine

Database Correlations

PUBCHEM cid=4980

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Merck Index, I2th ed, Merck & Co, Rahway NJ, 1996 # 8111