Biotransformation of Tryptamine in Fruiting Mycelia of Psilocybe cubensis.
Mycelial cultures of PSILOCYBE CUBENSIS, with the ability to form psilocybin and psilocin DE-NOVO, also hydroxylated and methylated fed tryptamine to give psilocin in up to 3.3% dry mass of the obtained fruit bodies. By using HPLC and TLC, it was found that these mushrooms contain only a small amount of psilocybin (0.01-0.2% dry mass). The values of psilocin are the highest described in any mushrooms.
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Institute of Biotechnology, Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Permoserstraße 15, GDR-7050 Leipzig, German Democratic Republic.