Psilocybin, a compound extracted from certain hallucinogenic mushrooms, may have unexpected effects on aging. Researchers ...

Researchers believe psilocybin could be a powerful tool to not only extend lifespan but also improve the quality of life in older adults.

Psilocybin, the chemical found in psychedelic mushrooms, is the subject of a study by UT Health Houston to determine if it is effective in fighting depression in those who cannot find help with ...

Active research suggests that psilocybin has positive effects on mental health and can be used to treat depression, substance abuse disorder, and PTSD. However, being a psychedelic compound, it ...

Sackett explained that when one ingests magic mushrooms, the compound that has the most psychoactive effects is psilocin, and psilocin enters the brain and acts on serotonin receptors.

"This drug can be extracted from magic mushrooms, but that is not the way our compound is generated," Goodwin told CNN. "It’s synthesized in a purely chemical process to produce a crystalline form." ...

The psychoactive component present in magic mushrooms, psilocybin, can be accessed in four different ways: chemical synthesis, whole fungi or full-spectrum, naturally-sourced isolated, and ...

You can feel the effects of magic mushrooms about 30 minutes after taking them, according to MyHealth.Alberta.ca, the website of the Alberta, Canada, government and Alberta Health Services.

In that sense, the company’s new chemical entity (NCE) pipeline contains pending-approval compounds that have shown promising antidepressant impact, with non-hallucinogenic effects when ...

The use of psilocybin in Washington is still illegal in the state, but on May 9, Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation that enacts a state task force to further study it and lay the groundwork for a ...