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...
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...