This study highlights the importance of understanding the chemical composition of magic mushrooms, including all the active molecules, not just psilocybin.
November 2020
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Scientists recently identified the compound aeruginascin in Psilocybe cubensis magic mushrooms.1 In their paper published in Drug Testing and Analysis, Klára Gotvaldová and her research team reported: “[a]n extraction procedure and a UHPLC-MS/MS analytical method for the analysis of psilocybin, psilocin, baeocystin, norbaeocystin, and aeruginascin in fungal biomass.” According to the paper, all these compounds were present in the P. cubensis samples studied. The authors noted that “concentrations of aeruginascin are low and have not been reported before.” This paper is the first report of the compound aeruginascin in any mushroom aside from Inocybe aeruginascens2 or Pholiotina cyanopus.3
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