Late in the 1950s, Axelrod became interested in the distribution, excretion, metabolization and rate of "biotransformation" of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) by the body. In this first of several articles on the narcotic drug, he detailed the subcellular processes involved in the transformation of LSD, determined the order of concentrations of the drug in various tissues, determined that it...
INTRODUCTION Bufotenine (5 -hydroxy -3 -[2- dimethyl-aminoethyl]-indole) is the N-dimethyl derivative of the vasoconstrictor substance serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine). It was first synthesized by Wieland in 1934. Raymond-Hamet found that intravenous injection of bufotenine caused transient elevation of blood pressure and apnea, followed by tachypnea, in anesthetized dogs.* To date, however,...