Fungos alucinógenos: uma revisão sobre o Psilocybe sp. e a substância Psilocibina

Abstract

Hallucinogens fungi, or magic mushrooms, are known to be used in religious rituals or indigenous in curing people, however from the 80, these fungi began to be featured as a form of recreational hallucinogen. In Brazil these fungi can be found in several places, making yourconsumption of easy access, increased risk of poisoning by ingestion of high doses or by erroneous consumption of fungal species. In the case of poisoning can be used various toxicological methodologies, more simple as GC or more complex as the LC/MS-APCI. The consumption and sale of these mushrooms in some places is a crime, so that the law not be bypassed an alternative would be the DNA analysis in suspicious materials. Among the genera of the magic mushrooms Psilocibe sp. has the substances psilocybin, alkali, indolalquilamina compound, which belongs to the group of Tryptamine, that causes reactions like visual hallucinations, changes of state of consciousness, thought and mood changes. This monograph performs a review on the study of fungi hallucinogens with focus on Psilocibe sp, the way the substance psilocybin acts on the body and the use of this in the treatment ofdepression, through the platforms NCBI, Scielo, ScientDirect, official Brazilian data base, among others.