Scientists Engineered a Plant to Produce 5 Different Psychedelics at Once

Scientists Engineered a Plant to Produce 5 Different Psychedelics at Once

What do plants, toads, and mushrooms have in common? They can all produce psychedelic substances – and now their powers have been combined in one plant, like a trippier Captain Planet. In a wild first, scientists have taken the genes these organisms use to make five natural psychedelics and introduced them into a tobacco plant (Nicotiana benthamiana), which then produced all five compounds simultaneously. As interest grows in psychedelics as pot…

Scientists Create Plant That Produces Ayahuasca, Shrooms, and Toad Psychedelics All At Once

The proof-of-concept system produces psilocybin, DMT, and other compounds in leaves of the tobacco plant, potentially easing pressure on wild species and preserving Indigenous traditions.

5 Different Psychedelic Compounds Have Been Produced In A Single Plant: “One Day, We'll Be Able To Make Tomatoes You Could Use For Psychedelic Microdosing"

Psilocybin, psilocin, DMT, bufotenin and 5-MeO-DMT were all created by one tobacco plant.

Tobacco plant altered to produce five psychedelic drugs

Genetically engineering tobacco plants could enable a more sustainable production method for psychedelic drugs, which are increasingly in demand for research and medical uses

Trippy tobacco? Plants engineered to make five psychedelics at once

Approach could enable production of new medications for depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress

Tobacco Factory Transformed to Manufacture Five Hallucinogenic Substances

Genetically Modified Tobacco Plants Yield Five Psychedelic Compounds Aharoni Laboratory, Weizmann Institute of Science Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have transformed tobacco plants to produce five powerful psychedelic compounds typically derived from other plants and fungi. This innovative approach is argued to be more sustainable and efficient, facilitating the research of therapeutic applications [...] The post Tobacco Facto…