French Researchers Isolate Psilocybin and Psilocin From Spores
French researchers obtained crystalline psilocybin and very small amounts of psilocin from both the spores and sclerotia of Psilocybe mexicana.
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From the abstract: “From both sporophores and sclerotia of P. mexicana, the former cultured on natural media, the latter in vitro on artificial media, the authors obtained a crystalline material ‘psilocybin’, which had a strongly psychotropic effect on man, and also ‘psilocin’, in very small quantities.”
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