EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES WITH LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (LSD-25)
Archives of Neurology And Psychiatry May 1, 1951 Gordon R. Forrer 66 citations
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25) was studied in both psychotic and normal subjects, with findings generally confirming earlier work by Stoll. The chemistry of ergot alkaloids is reviewed: all lysergic acid alkaloids are based on lysergic acid, a polycyclic nitrogenous carboxylic acid that has not been synthesized. Natural ergot alkaloids contain d-lysergic acid and are divided into two groups—the ergotamine-ergotoxine group, where d-lysergic acid is combined with a peptide, and the ergonovine group, which comprises mono acid amides of d-lysergic acid.