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    • Life
    Magic mushrooms invent active compound twice

    A study shows that different types of mushrooms use completely different methods to produce the psychoactive substance psilocybin
    Psilocybe cubensis grows worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions. The mushroom contains the psychoactive substance psilocybin.
    Image: Felix Blei, Leibniz-HKI
    • Life
    International standards for the analysis of oxidised fatty acids

    An international research team developed comprehensive guidelines for the standardised quantification of oxidised fatty acids using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
    Dr. Markus Werner and Dr. Robert K. Hofstetter (right) in the laboratory.
    Image: Oliver Werz
    • Life
    A fungus to save plants?

    For the first time, researchers have been able to understand how the soil fungus Mortierella alpina eliminates nematodes with the help of natural products
    Part of the intestine of Caenorhabditis elegans under the microscope, enriched with malpinins.
    Image: Constanze Schultz/Leibniz-IPHT
    • Life
    An enzyme makes mushrooms “magical”

    New study sheds light on the structure and evolution of an enzyme in psychoactive fungi
    Prof. Dr Dirk Hoffmeister at the Institute of Pharmacy at Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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