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. 2020 Jan 23;10:1590. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.01590

Table 4.

MAO inhibitory activity of AMPH derivatives polysubstituted in the aromatic ring.

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MAOI Activity
IC50(Ki)a (µM)
Compoundb R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Rα1 Rα2 RN1 RN2 MAO-A MAO-B
2,4-DMA OCH3 H OCH3 H H HCH3 H H 0.6c NEc
3,4-DMA H OCH3 OCH3 H H HCH3 H H 20c NEc
2,5-DMA OCH3 H H OCH3 H HCH3 H H > 100f NEf
3,4,5-TMA H OCH3 OCH3 OCH3 H HCH3 H H NEc;NId NEc;NId
2,4,5-TMA OCH3 H OCH3 OCH3 H HCH3 H H NEc NEc
2,4,6-TMA OCH3 H OCH3 H OCH3 HCH3 H H 0.4e NEe
2-Br-DMA Br H OCH3 OCH3 H HCH3 H H 9.3c NEc
5-Br-DMA OCH3 H OCH3 Br H HCH3 H H 13.0c NEc
2-NO2-DMA NO2 H OCH3 OCH3 H HCH3 H H NEc NEc
6-Cl-DMA OCH3 H OCH3 H Cl HCH3 H H 0.07e NEe
ALEPH-1 OCH3 H SCH3 OCH3 OCH3 HCH3 H H 5.1c NEc
ALEPH-2 OCH3 H SCH2CH3 OCH3 H HCH3 H H 3.2c NEc
4-PrS-DMA OCH3 H S(CH2)2CH3 OCH3 H HCH3 H H 2.4e NEe
4-BuS-DMA OCH3 H S(CH2)3CH3 OCH3 H HCH3 H H 2.9e NEe
4-PentS-DMA OCH3 H S(CH2)4CH3 OCH3 H HCH3 H H 14.3e NEe
2,5-DM-MTAB OCH3 H SCH3 OCH3 H HCH2CH3 H H 30.9e NEe
2,5-DM-ETAB OCH3 H SCH2CH3 OCH3 H HCH2CH3 H H 11.8e NEe
2,6-DM-MTA OCH3 H SCH3 H OCH3 HCH3 H H 0.30e NEe
2,6-DM-ETA OCH3 H SCH2CH3 H OCH3 HCH3 H H 0.08e NEe
4-ESO-2,5-DMA OCH3 H SOCH3 OCH3 H HCH3 H H > 100f NT
4-ESO2-2,5-DMA OCH3 H SO2CH3 OCH3 H HCH3 H H NEf NT
DOM OCH3 H CH3 OCH3 H HCH3 H H 24.0c NEc
DOI OCH3 H I OCH3 H HCH3 H H 24c;37d NEc
DOB OCH3 H Br OCH3 H HCH3 H H 100c NEc
DON OCH3 H NO2 OCH3 H HCH3 H H NEc NEc
DOTFM OCH3 H CF3 OCH3 H HCH3 H H NEc NEc
MDA H CH2-O-CH2 H H HCH3 H H 9.3c(8.5g) NEc
2Br-MDA Br H CH2-O-CH2 H HCH3 H H 13.0c 64.0c
2Cl-MDA Cl H CH2-O-CH2 H HCH3 H H 6.3c 38.0c
2NO2-MDA NO2 H CH2-O-CH2 H HCH3 H H NEc NEc
MDMA H CH2-O-CH2 H H HCH3 CH3 H 30c(24.7g) NEc
(+)-MDMA H CH2-O-CH2 H H CH3 H CH3 H 44h(22h) 370h
(-)-MDMA H CH2-O-CH2 H H H CH3 CH3 H 56h(28.3h) 378h

aIC50 and/or Ki are reported, depending on the reference considered. bChemical name and/or common acronym and/or common name is given. When not indicated the compound is the racemic mixture. c Scorza et al., 1997. d Matsumoto et al., 2014. e Gallardo-Godoy et al., 2005. f Vallejos et al., 2002. g Steuer et al., 2016. h Leonardi and Azmitia, 1994. NE, No effect at 100 µM; NI, No inhibition at 200 µM; NT, Not tested.