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APART from its hallucinogenic effect, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25) is believed to cause chromosome abnormalities1–3, which have been attributed to a direct interaction of the LSD-25 and DNA4. The apparent resemblance of the circular dichroism spectra of the DNA–ethidium-bromide complex and mixtures of LSD-25 and DNA has led to the suggestion that LSD-25 might be intercalated in the DNA5.
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SMIT, E., BORST, P. LSD-25 Does Not Intercalate in DNA. Nature 232, 191–192 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232191a0
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