Analysis of psilocybin and psilocin in Psilocybe subcubensis Guzmán by ion mobility spectrometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Forensic Sci Int. 1999 Jan 11;99(2):93-105. doi: 10.1016/s0379-0738(98)00168-6.

Abstract

A new method has been developed for the rapid analysis of psilocybin and/or psilocin in fungus material using ion mobility spectrometry. Quantitative analysis was performed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after a simple one-step extraction involving homogenization of the dried fruit bodies of fungi in chloroform and derivatization with MSTFA. The proposed methods resulted in rapid procedures useful in analyzing psychotropic fungi for psilocybin and psilocin.

MeSH terms

  • Agaricales / chemistry*
  • Drug and Narcotic Control
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Hallucinogens / analysis*
  • Humans
  • Mass Spectrometry / instrumentation
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Psilocybin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Psilocybin / analysis*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Hallucinogens
  • Psilocybin
  • psilocin