Baeocystin

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IUPAC_name = 3- [2-(Methylammonio)ethyl] -1H-indol-4-yl hydrogen phosphate


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PubChem = 161359
C=11 | H=15 | N=2 | O=4 | P=1
molecular_weight = 270.22 g/mol
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 effects.Specify|date=April 2007

First isolated from the mushroom "Psilocybe baeocystis",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).] baeocystin is a demethylated derivative of psilocybin.

References

* DB Repke, DT Leslie, G Guzman. "Baeocystin in Psilocybe, Conocybe and Panaeolus." Lloydia. 1977 Nov-Dec;40(6):566-78.