Psilocin
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| Systematic (IUPAC) name | |
| 3-[2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl]-4-indolol | |
| Clinical data | |
| Pregnancy cat. | ? |
| Legal status | Prohibited (S9) (AU) Schedule III (CA) Schedule I (US) Class A(NZ) Class A(UK) |
| Routes | Oral, IV |
| Pharmacokinetic data | |
| Metabolism | Liver |
| Half-life | 2–3 hours[1] |
| Excretion | Kidneys/Urine |
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| CAS number | 520-53-6  |
| ATC code | None |
| PubChem | CID 4980 |
| ChemSpider | 4807  |
| KEGG | C08312 |
| ChEBI | CHEBI:8613 |
| ChEMBL | CHEMBL65547 |
| Synonyms | 4-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine |
| Chemical data | |
| Formula | C12H16N2O |
| Mol. mass | 204.27 g/mol |
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| Melt. point | 173–176 °C (343–349 °F) |
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Psilocin (also known as 4-HO-DMT, psilocine, psilocyn, or psilotsin), is a substituted tryptamine alkaloid and a serotonergic psychedelic drug. It is present in most psychedelic mushrooms together with its phosphorylated counterpart psilocybin. Psilocin is a Schedule I drug under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances.[2] The mind-altering effects of psilocin are highly variable and subjective and resemble those of LSD and mescaline.
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[edit] Chemistry
Psilocin and its phosphorylated cousin, psilocybin, were first isolated and named in 1958 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann. Hofmann obtained the chemicals from laboratory-grown specimens of the entheogenic mushroom Psilocybe mexicana. Hofmann also succeeded in finding the synthetic routes to these chemicals.[3]
Psilocin can be obtained by dephosphorylation of natural psilocybin under strongly acidic or under alkaline conditions (hydrolysis). Another synthetic route uses the Speeter-Anthony tryptamine synthesis starting from 4-hydroxyindole.
Psilocin is relatively unstable in solution due to its phenolic hydroxy (-OH) group. In the presence of oxygen it readily forms bluish and dark black degradation products[citation needed]. Similar products are also formed under acidic conditions in the presence of oxygen and Fe3+ ions (Keller's reagent).
[edit] Structural analogs
Sulfur analogs are known with a benzothienyl replacement[4] as well as 4-SH-DMT.[5] N1-methylpsilocin is a functionally 5-HT2C receptor preferring agonists.[6] 4-fluoro-N,N-dimethyltryptamine is known.[6] O-Acetylpsilocin is an acetylized analog of psilocin, also known as 4-AcO-DMT. Additionally, substitution of a methyl group at the dimethylated Nitrogen with an isopropyl or ethyl group yields 4-HO-MIPT (4-Hydroxy-N-Methyl-N-Isopropyltryptamine) and 4-HO-MET (4-Hydroxy-N-Methyl-N-Ethyltryptamine), respectively.
[edit] Pharmacology
Psilocin is the pharmacologically active agent in the body after ingestion of psilocybin or some species of psychedelic mushrooms.
Psilocybin is rapidly dephosphorylated in the body to psilocin which acts as a 5-HT2A, 5-HT2C and 5-HT1A agonist or partial agonist. Psilocin is structurally similar to serotonin (5-HT),[7] differing only by the hydroxyl group being on the 4-position rather than the 5 and the dimethyl groups on the nitrogen. Its effects are thought to come from its partial agonist activity at 5-HT2A serotonin receptors in the prefrontal cortex.
Psilocin has no significant effect on dopamine receptors (unlike LSD) and only affects the noradrenergic system at very high dosages.[1]
Psilocin's half-life ranges from 2 to 3 hours.[1]
- See psilocybin for more details
[edit] Behavioral and non-behavioral effects
Its physiological effects are similar to a sympathetic arousal state. Specific effects observed after ingestion can include but are not limited to tachycardia, dilated pupils, restlessness or arousal, euphoria, open and closed eye visuals (common at medium to high doses), synesthesia (e.g. hearing colours and seeing sounds), increased body temperature, headache, sweating and chills, and nausea.[7]
There is virtually no direct lethality associated with psilocin.[7] There is virtually no withdrawal syndrome when chronic use of this drug is ceased.[7] There is cross tolerance among psilocin, mescaline, LSD,[7] and other 5-HT2A, 5-HT2C, and 5-HT1A agonists due to down-regulation of these receptors.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Lisa Jerome (March-April 2007), Psilocybin Investigator's Brochure, retrieved 2012-10-11
- ^ Green list, INCB, retrieved 2012-10-11
- ^ Hofmann A, Heim R, Brack A, Kobel H, Frey A, Ott H, Petrzilka T, Troxler F. (1959). "Psilocybin und Psilocin, zwei psychotrope Wirkstoffe aus mexikanischen Rauschpilzen" [Psilocybin and psilocin, two psychotropic substances in Mexican magic mushrooms]. Helvetica Chimica Acta (in German) 42 (5): 1557–72. doi:10.1002/hlca.19590420518.
- ^ N Chapman, et al. (1972). "Synthesis of the sulphur analogue of psilocin and some related compounds". Perkin Trans. 1,: 3011–15. doi:10.1039/P19720003011.
- ^ A Hofmann, F Troxler, Swiss 421,960 (1967); CA 68:95680n
- ^ a b H Sard, et al. (2005-10-15). "SAR of psilocybin analogs: discovery of a selective 5-HT 2C agonist". Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 15 (20): 4555–9. PMID 16061378.
- ^ a b c d e Diaz, Jaime (1996), How Drugs Influence Behavior: A Neurobehavioral Approach, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, ISBN 9780023287640
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