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

Forensic Sci Int
Vol 99 (No. 1) Jan 11, 1999; 93-105
by T. Keller; A. Schneider; P. Regenscheit; R. Dirnhofer; T. Rucker; J. Jastpers; W. Kisser



Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Salzburg, Austria.

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.


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