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lysergic acid en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) An organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid, derived from an alkaloid found in ergot; its amide derivatives are widely used as pharmaceuticals and as hallucinogenic drugs (LSD).
    • However, a new substance was obtained in good yield on gentle acidification, which possessed both acid and basic properties and which we have named lysergic acid. 1934 January 22, Walter A. Jacobs, “The Ergot Alkaloids: II. The degrataion of ergotinine with alkali lysergic acid”, in J. Biol. Chem., page 547:

Translations (16)

fr acide lysergique (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · fi lysergihappo (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · gl ácido lisérxico (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · ja リゼルグ酸 (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · ca àcid lisèrgic (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · de Lysergsäure (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · cmn 麥角酸 /麦角酸 (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · ru лизерги́новая кислота́ (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · scn àcitu lisèrgicu (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · pl kwas lizergowy (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · ro acid lisergic (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · sv lysergsyra (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · pt ácido lisérgico (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · el λυσεργικό οξύ (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · it acido lisergico (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid) · es ácido lisérgico (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid)