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Preferred term

Methoxydimethyltryptamines  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Methoxydimethyltryptamine
  • Methylbufotenin

Note

  • /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • 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.

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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008732

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