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0 pointsdmbche1mo ago0 comments

I'm fairly certain it's possible to extract psylocibin from the murshroom, giving the same advantages that the synthetic would have!

Edit0: for a more thorough look: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/18/3/380

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adgjlsfhk11mo ago

that's generally much more expensive

dmbcheOP1mo ago

Than RnD for a brand new synthetic drug?

dylan6041mo ago

as if that's a guaranteed win. The low hanging fruit was to recreate what is already in nature. Creating something brand new never seen before would be a greenfield project that I'm sure most of bigPharma is not a fan of.

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