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Abstract
Compounds that contain the biogenic monoamine tryptamine and are substituted with one methoxy group and two methyl groups. Members of this group include several potent serotonergic hallucinogens found in several unrelated plants, skins of certain toads, and in mammalian brains. They are possibly involved in the etiology of schizophrenia.
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- 5-Methoxy-N,N-Dimethyltryptamine
- Methoxydimethyltryptamine
- Methylbufotenin
- N,N-Dimethyl-5-Methoxytryptamine
- 5 Methoxy N,N Dimethyltryptamine
- N,N Dimethyl 5 Methoxytryptamine
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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/biosyn /physiol permitted
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History Note
91(84); was see under TRYPTAMINES 1989-90; was see under SEROTONIN 1984-88; was METHOXYDIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE see under SEROTONIN 1980-83
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Previous Indexing
- Bufotenin (1966-1974) /analogs & derivatives (1975-1979)
- Dimethyltryptamine (1973-1979)
- Serotonin (1966-1974) /analogs & derivatives (1975-1979)
- Tryptamines (1966-1973)
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- National Library of Medicine. Methoxydimethyltryptamines. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008732. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008732
- Methoxydimethyltryptamines. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76850646