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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2014 May 7;231(21):4135–4144. doi: 10.1007/s00213-014-3557-7

Table 2.

DA, 5HT, and NE Uptake Inhibition Properties and 5-HT2A, 5-HT2A β-arrestin, and 5-HT1A Activity of Psychedelic Tryptamines

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# Name X R1 R2 IC50, (nM)a 5-HT2Ab 5-HT1Ab 5-HT2A β-arrestinc Psychoactive
Effectsd

DAT SERT NET EC50,
(nM)
Emax,
(%)
EC50,
(nM)
Emax,
(%)
EC50,
(nM)
Emax,
(%)
19 DET H Et Et >10,000 258 ± 13 >10,000 67.8 ± 4.4 90 ± 6 IA IA Psychoactive, visuals, vertigo

20 NIPT H iPr H >10,000 1487 ± 93 >10,000 116 ± 8.4 96 ± 3 IA >10,000 Light-headed intoxicant, pleasant buzz

21 DPT H Pr Pr 2218 ± 168 157 ± 16 3202 ± 330 26.1 ± 1.9 97 ± 3 IA 1692 ± 78.9 63 ± 8 Intensely visual, long lasting, things appear fast, religious experiences

22 DIPT H iPr iPr 4788 ± 416 288 ± 2.3 >10,000 33.5 ± 1.5 110 ± 2 IA >10,000 Auditory, not visual, heard voices, sounds had “golden spikes”, religious overtones

23 MIPT H iPr Me >10,000 >10,000 >10,000 44.9 ± 1.7 74 ± 5 IA IA Mild hallucinations, stimulant, fast onset, psychedelic

24 Psilocin 4-OH Me Me >10,000 662 ± 41 >10,000 45.2 ± 4.1e 76 ± 7e ND ND Very visual, lots of colors, better at night

25 5MeO-T OMe H H >10,000 4000 >10,000 0.503 ± 0.09 119 ± 2 183 ± 30 66 ± 4 535 ± 123 135 ± 20 Not particularly active, possibly due to metabolism similar to 12

7 5MeO-DMT OMe Me Me >10,000 2184 ± 222 >10,000 3.87 ± 0.35 101 ± 4 791 ± 133 68 ± 3 385 ± 112 56 ± 6 Time distortions, stoned feeling, hallucinogenic at high doses

26 5MeO-DET OMe Et Et >10,000 2410 ± 222 >10,000 8.11 ± 0.36 101 ± 0.8 911 ± 186 67 ± 2 1065 ± 607 64 ± 8 Auditory changes, negative experiences, anxiety

27 5MeO-NIPT OMe iPr H >10,000 5442 ± 377 >10,000 9.24 ± 1.3 101 ± 2 >10,000 1075 ± 234 99 ± 6 NR

28 5MeO-DPT OMe Pr Pr 16998 ± 2192 1031 ± 140 >10,00 6.00 ± 0.43 101 ± 3 476 ± 102 43 ± 5 993 ± 421 68 ± 2 Comfortable at low doses, oscillating good and bad sounds, negative side dominated as buzz continues

1 5MeO-DIPT OMe iPr iPr >10,000 646 ± 48 >10,000 6.22 ± 1.1 109 ± 5 >10,000 946 ± 141 124 ± 12 Erotic, senses distorted, short-lived, could not make intuitive leaps

2 5MeO-MIPT OMe iPr Me >10,000 >10,000 >10,000 7.82 ± 1.5 101 ± 3 >10,000 566 ± 110 82 ± 13 Fast onset, stimulates conceptual thought, depersonalization

IA = Inactive at 10 µM in agonist screen.

NR = Not reported in TiHKAL.

ND = Not determined.

a

Uptake inhibition IC50 values are reported as means ± SD and are the result of N= 3 performed in triplicate.

b

Calcium mobilization EC50 and Emax values are reported as means ± SEM and are the result of three independent experiments performed in duplicate.

c

β-arrestin recruitment EC50 and Emax values are reported as means ± SEM and are the result of three independent experiments performed in duplicate.

d

Tabulated from anecdotal reports in TiHKAL.

e

Values are means ± SD and are the result of two independent experiments performed in duplicate.