30/06/2023
As psilocybin-containing mushrooms become more accepted and less illegal, an increasing number of laboratories are willing to test the chemical contents of your shrooms. Using high-performance liquid chromatography, the small team of chemists at Altitude Consulting can test samples for about a dozen compounds in psychedelic mushrooms. A machine hits samples with UV light. Reading the absorption of that light yields a detailed readout of the compounds.
Lab manager Colton Brook says they are doing more than 100 individual tests every month, and the potencies of the mushrooms range between .4 percent psilocybin content all the way to 1.5 percent. “It’s a big range,” he warns. For those taking large amounts, that seemingly small difference can have serious ramifications. “It could be the difference between getting 12 milligrams or 14 milligrams all the way up to 50 or 60 milligrams [in the same amount of mushrooms].” Read the full story: https://healingmaps.com/labs-testing-mushrooms-psilocybin-differences-in-potency/
