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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...
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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...
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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...
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February 19, 2008
Luigi Ferini-Strambi, María Livia Fantini
4 citations
Parasomnias are abnormal behavioral or physiological events that intrude into the sleep process disrupting its continuity. Parasomnia associated to REM sleep include REM sleep behavior disorder, nightmare disorders, recurrent isolated sleep paralysis (SP), and sleep-related painful erections. The quality of life of patients suffering from parasomnias may vary according to the disorder. REM...
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November 8, 2007
Alan Jay Lerner
Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder with prominent sleep attacks as a form of excessive daytime somnolence. The other associated features of narcolepsy occur with varying frequency. These include cataplexy, hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the...
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1985
D. L. Murphy, L. Tamarkin, N. A. Garrick et al.
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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...