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Metabolism of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide

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ALTHOUGH the hallucinogenic agent, lysergic acid diethylamide, has been the subject of numerous investigations, little is known about its biological fate. The development of a specific and sensitive method for the estimation of lysergic acid diethylamide in biological materials has enabled us to study its physiological disposition and metabolism.

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    JULIUS AXELROD, ROSCOE O. BRADY, BERNHARD WITKOP & EDWARD V. EVARTS

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AXELROD, J., BRADY, R., WITKOP, B. et al. Metabolism of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide. Nature 178, 143–144 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178143a0

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