Enzyme-assisted synthesis of the glucuronide conjugate of psilocin, an hallucinogenic component of magic mushrooms.
Takuji Shoda, Kiyoshi Fukuhara, Yukihiro Goda, Haruhiro Okuda
Index: Drug Test. Anal. 3(9) , 594-6, (2011)
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Abstract
An enzyme-assisted synthesis of psilocin glucuronide (PCG), a metabolite excreted in the urine of magic mushroom (MM) users, is described. In the presence of Aroclor 1254 pretreated rat liver microsomes, psilocin and the cofactor UDPGA were incubated for 20 h. Purification by HPLC gave PCG in 19% yield (3.6 mg). The compound structure was characterized by MS and NMR. The milligram amounts of PCG produced by this method will allow the direct identification and quantification of PCG in the urine of MM users.Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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