Cerevisterol (1) and a new acetylenic compound, 4, 6-decadiyne-1, 3, 8-triol (2) were isolated and characterized from a hallucinogenic mushroom, Gymnopilus spectabilis (FR.) A. H. SMITH, along with ergosterol, ergosteryl peroxide and choline.Psychoactive compounds such as psilocybin and related compounds have not been detected in our collections of this mushroom, though some psilocybin has been...
Five cases of poisoning by indigenous mushroom Hikageshibiretake (Psilocybe argentipes) are reported. As this mushroom contains psilocybin, in general, clinical features were similar to those seen by pure psilocybin. Acute toxic stuporous state with complete amnesia in the culminating period occurred in one case, psychedelic state with dreamy consciousness in one case and psychotic adverse...
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTIsolation of Psilocybin From Psilocybe argentipes and Its Determination in Specimens of Some MushroomsYutaka Koike, Kohko Wada, Genjiro Kusano, Shigeo Nozoe, and Kazumasa YokoyamaCite this: J. Nat. Prod. 1981, 44, 3, 362–365Publication Date (Print):May 1, 1981Publication History Published online1 July 2004Published inissue 1 May...