LSD Precursor From Baker’s Yeast

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 22:50 in Health & Medicine

Lysergic acid is the natural precursor of all therapeutic ergot alkaloids. These include not only include the hallucinogenic lysergic acid diethylamide(LSD) but drugs used to treat senile dementia, migraines, pituitary tumors, Parkinson's disease, type 2 diabetes and also ergometrine, which is used to induce labor and alleviate postpartum hemmorhage. What the molecules of all these drugs have in common is their precursor's four-ring combination, the so-called tetracyclic ergoline ring system.read more

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