Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society

Chemical Constituents of Psilocybe Sensu Stricto Mushrooms. A 1958 – 2025 Comprehensive Review

Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society July 7, 2026 Aylín R. Tabal-Robles, Jesús Martín Torres-Valencia, Leticia Romero-Bautista et al.

The genus Psilocybe currently comprises approximately 165 species that are hallucinogenic. Chemical studies on them have revealed the presence of alkaloids with indole and β-carboline structures, which are responsible for their psychotropic properties. However, scarce information has been reported on other classes of metabolites present in Psilocybe mushrooms. The objective of this review was...