The toxicological aspects of poisonings by psilocybine-containing mushrooms
Babakhanian, R.V.; Bushuev, E.S.; Kazankov, S.P.; Kostyrko, T.A.
Sudebno-Meditsinskaia Ekspertiza 40(3): 20-22
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-4521 PMID: 9304247 Document Number: 476038
Cases involving the investigation of psylocybin-containing mushrooms became more frequent in forensic chemical and criminological expert evaluation in recent years. The authors present the data on the main chemical factors contained in these mushrooms, on the mechanism of their toxic effect, clinical picture of poisoning, and methods of chemical and toxicological analysis.