Baeocystin

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Baeocystin
Systematic (IUPAC) name
3-[2-(Methylammonio)ethyl]-

1H-indol-4-yl hydrogen phosphate

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Formula C11H15N2O4P 
Mol. mass 270.22 g/mol
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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]

First isolated from the mushroom Psilocybe baeocystis,[1] baeocystin is a demethylated derivative of psilocybin.

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  1. ^ 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.