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Different types of magic mushrooms use unique biochemical paths to produce the same active compound

"We are referring to psilocybin, a substance found in so-called 'magic mushrooms,' which our body converts into psilocin—a compound that can profoundly alter consciousness. However, psilocybin not ...
The Morning Journal

LCCC’s Dr. Regan ‘Reggie’ Silvestri demonstrates magic through science

A professor of chemistry by day, Lorain County Community College’s Dr. Regan “Reggie” Silvestri moonlights as an amateur magician. Silvestri’s latest demonstration took the LCCC Wellington Center, 151 ...
IFLScience

First Traditional Use Of Magic Mushrooms For Spiritual Healing Reported In Africa

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Line Between Knowledge and Magic Is Thinner Than We Think

From the earliest times, man has been engaged in a search for general rules whereby to turn the order of natural phenomena to his own advantage, and in the long search he has scraped together a great ...
Phys.org

Different types of magic mushrooms use unique biochemical paths to produce the same active compound

Different types of magic mushrooms use unique biochemical paths to produce the same active compound by Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology edited by Stephanie Baum, ...