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LYSERGIC ACID
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Lysergic acid received its name as it was a product of the lysis of various ergot alkaloids.
Lysergic acid:
Lysergic acid received its name as it was a product of the lysis of various ergot alkaloids.
- A precursor for a wide range of ergoline alkaloids that are produced by the ergot fungus and found in the seeds of Turbina corymbosa (ololiuhqui), Argyreia nervosa (Hawaiian baby woodrose), and Ipomoea tricolor (morning glories, tlitliltzin).
- Amides of lysergic acid, lysergamides, are widely used as pharmaceuticals and as psychedelic drugs (LSD)
- Lysergic acid is generally produced by hydrolysis of natural lysergamides, but can also be synthesized in the laboratory by a complex total synthesis
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