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The Quantitation of Psilocybin in Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Sm Sottolano, Ira S. Lurie

Journal of Forensic Sciences October 1, 1983 DOI: 10.1520/jfs11601j (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Method development Peer reviewed
Topics Psilocybin
Keywords High-performance liquid chromatography Phosphoric acid Hallucinogen Solid phase extraction Extraction chemistry Organic chemistry Pharmacology
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Key points A rapid, selective, and accurate HPLC method with a one-step extraction was developed for quantitating psilocybin in dry mushroom material.

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Abstract A method using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with an acetonitrile, water, and phosphoric acid mobile phase and a bonded cyano-amino-type polar phase column has been developed for the rapid, selective, and accurate quantitation of psilocybin in dry mushroom material. A simple one-step procedure is used for the quantitative extraction of psilocybin in under 60 min. The 267:254 nm absorbance ratio is used as a check on peak purity for the psilocybin response.

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