lysergic acid

English

Noun

lysergic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) 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).
   • 1934 January 22, Walter A. Jacobs, “The Ergot Alkaloids: II. The degrataion of ergotinine with alkali lysergic acid”, in J. Biol. Chem., page 547:

     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.

Translations

the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid

• Finnish: lysergihappo
• Galician: ácido lisérxico m
• German: Lysergsäure f
• Greek: λυσεργικό οξύ n (lysergikó oxý)
• Japanese: リゼルグ酸 (rizerugu san)
• Portuguese: ácido lisérgico (pt) m
• Romanian: acid lisergic m
• Russian: лизерги́новая кислота́ f (lizergínovaja kislotá)