Research

Publications

At Usona, our exploration of psychedelic compounds is guided by discovery through scientific rigor. Our Medicinal Chemistry team continues publishing impactful research articles in collaboration with scientists around the globe.

Usona Publications

Direct Phosphorylation of Psilocin Enables Optimized CGMP Kilogram-Scale Manufacture of Psilocybin

Kargbo, R. B.; Sherwood, A.; Walker, A.; Cozzi, N. V.; Dagger, R. E.; Sable, J.; O’Hern, K.; Kaylo, K.; Patterson, T.; Tarpley, G.; Meisenheimer, P.  ACS Omega 2020, 5 (27), 16959–16966.

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Psilocybin Therapeutic Research: The Present and Future Paradigm

Kargbo, R. B. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 2020

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Preparation and Characterization of Novel Crystalline Solvates and Polymorphs of Psilocybin and Identification of Solid Forms Suitable for Clinical Development

Greenan, C.; Arlin, J.-B.; Lorimer, K.; Kaylo, K.; Kargbo, R.; Meisenheimer, P.; Tarpley, G.; Sherwood, A. (Preprint – ResearchGate). 2020.

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Enzymatic Route toward 6-Methylated Baeocystin and Psilocybin

Fricke, J.; Sherwood, A.; Kargbo, R.; Orry, A.; Blei, F.; Naschberger, A.; Rupp, B.; Hoffmeister, D. ChemBioChem 2019, 20 (22), 2824–2829.

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Clinical Consideration of 5-MeO-DMT

Sherwood, A.; Kaylo, K.; Kargbo, R.; Davis, A. K.; Lancelotta, R.; Uthaug, M.; Barrow, R. International Forum on Consciousness – Psychedelic Therapy and Society. 2019.

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Novel Psychotherapeutics–a Cautiously Optimistic Focus on Hallucinogens

Sherwood, A. M.; Prisinzano, T. E. Expert Rev. Clin. Pharmacol. 2018, 11 (1), 1–3.

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