Humana Press eBooks
August 26, 2011
Javed Khan, Thomas J. Kennedy, Donnell R. Christian
3 citations
Phenethylamines are introduced as a class of illicit drugs. The structure and forensic identification of amphetamine, methamphetamine, phentermine, phenylpropanolamine, 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, aka ecstasy), ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, cathinone, methcathinone, khat, and mescaline are presented. A detailed discussion on optical isomerism is...
Humana Press eBooks
August 26, 2011
Javed Khan, Thomas J. Kennedy, Donnell R. Christian
2 citations
Natural and synthetic analogs of tryptamine are introduced as a class of hallucinogenic drugs derived from indole. The forensic identification of psilocin, psilocybin, bufotenin, 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5MeODMT), 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine (5MeODIPT, aka foxy methoxy), N,N-diethyltryptamine (DET), and alpha-ethyltryptamine (AET) is discussed. Structural formulas are provided...
Humana Press eBooks
August 26, 2011
Javed Khan, Thomas J. Kennedy, Donnell R. Christian
1 citation
The primary focus is on illicit methamphetamine production; however, synthetic procedures commonly used in the clandestine production of cocaine (HCl and base), fentanyl, gamma -hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, aka ecstasy), methcathinone, phencyclidine (PCP), and N , N -dimethyltryptamine (DMT) are also included. It...
Humana Press eBooks
1985
D. L. Murphy, L. Tamarkin, N. A. Garrick et al.
3 citations
Tryptamine has been widely accepted as a trace amine in brain, and several reviews of its metabolism, regional localization in brain, and possible neuroregulatory functions have been published (Jones, 1982; Juorio and Durden, 1984). Other endogenously synthesized indoleamines have received only minimal attention in several review monographs and symposium volumes devoted to the trace amines...