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... > Organic Chemicals > Amines > Biogenic Amines > Biogenic Monoamines > Tryptamines > N,N-Dimethyltryptamine
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N,N-Dimethyltryptamine  

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  • Dimethyltryptamine

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  • An N-methylated indoleamine derivative and serotonergic hallucinogen which occurs naturally and ubiquitously in several plant species including Psychotria veridis. It also occurs in trace amounts in mammalian brain, blood, and urine, and is known to act as an agonist or antagonist of certain SEROTONIN RECEPTORS.

History note

  • 91(89); was see under TRYPTAMINES 1989-90; was DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE 1973-88 (Prov 1973-74)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004130

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