Psilocybin: from ancient magic to modern medicine

DE Nichols - The Journal of Antibiotics, 2020 - nature.com

Abstract

Abstract Psilocybin (4-phosphoryloxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine) is an indole-based secondary metabolite produced by numerous species of mushrooms. South American Aztec Indians referred to them as teonanacatl, meaning “god's flesh,” and they were used in …

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