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  • NATALIE: Is it a coincidence that "Brown Betty," last season's musical episode, was Episode 219, one of the most experimental in Fringe's history, and this Friday's episode, No. 319, is titled "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide," aka the full name of LSD?

    Mega Buzz: House's Huddy, Klaus' Arrival on Vampire Diaries and a Castle Death 2011

  • The seeds contain psychoactive ergot indole alkaloids, principally ergine and isoergine, which are amides of Lysergic acid.

    Natural Highs Frequently Asked Questions by Vince Cavasin 1992

  • Lysergic acid diethylamide, a serotonin antagonist that may produce visual hallucinations and precipitate psychoses.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Lysergic acid diethylamide, a serotonin antagonist that may produce visual hallucinations and precipitate psychoses.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Lysergic acid is one of the active components of the ergot alkaloids.

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1957 - Presentation Speech 1964

  • Lysergic acid diethylamide has the same two-ring system that serotonin has (but with a considerably more complicated molecule otherwise) and appears to compete with serotonin for the enzyme monoamine oxidase.

    The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

  • - Psilocybin (the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms) - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD/ACID) - Peyote

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • Lysergic and lyrical, engrossing and off-putting, "The Last Movie" is a blunt instrument - one scene shows an American woman swaddled in fur and perched next to a photograph of an emaciated African child - and not as narratively incomprehensible as its reputation suggests.

    NYT > Home Page By MANOHLA DARGIS 2010

  • Dudu is behind bars since February 21, this year when he was arrested with cocaine, heroine, LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) and Charas worth Rs3. 81 lakh at the Anjuna area in

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • - Psilocybin (the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms) - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD/ACID) - Peyote

    Reuters: Top News 2010

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