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. 2021 Feb 25;4(2):479–487. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.0c00189

Table 1. Summary of the Potency (EC50) and Efficacy (Emax, Where the Emax of Either Serotonin or LSD is Set to 100%) Values of All the Tested Compounds in the βarr2 Assay, Calculated Using Either the Full 120 Min or the First 30 Min Activation Profilesa.

120 min activation profiles
  reference agonist LSD
reference agonist serotonin
compound EC50 (nM, CI) Emax (%, CI) EC50 (nM, CI) Emax (%, CI)
LSD 7.43 (3.54–12.9) 100 (91–109) 7.29 (3.50–12.7) 87.1 (79.4–95.4)
serotonin 7.62 (4.43–13.2) 116 (107–126) 7.24 (4.43–11.9) 100 (93.9–108)
23H-NBOMe 33.6 (19.8–57.3) 123 (115–131) 33.7 (19.7–57.9) 115 (107–123)
24H-NBOMe 3.88 (2.33–6.37) 145 (136–154) 3.89 (2.30–6.45) 136 (127–145)
25H-NBOMe 11.4 (6.36–20.4) 164 (151–180) 11.0 (5.60–21.5) 134 (121–148)
26H-NBOMe 8.70 (5.81–12.5) 156 (147–165) 8.74 (5.91–12.4) 146 (138–154)
34H-NBOMe 248 (111–646) 147 (129–182) 238 (101–691) 120 (104–152)
35H-NBOMe 343 (187–645) 118 (107–135) 310 (165–593) 94.1 (83.8–108)
30 min activation profiles
  reference agonist LSD
reference agonist serotonin
compound EC50 (nM, CI) Emax (%, CI) EC50 (nM, CI) Emax (%, CI)
LSD 24.3 (ND) 100 (91–110) 23.8 (ND) 79.4 (72.0–87.3)
serotonin 11.5 (7.13–18.9) 128 (119–139) 10.9 (7.60–15.8) 100 (94.8–106)
23H-NBOMe 74.4 (55.8–95.9) 133 (128–139) 74.5 (53.9–98.8) 114 (109–119)
24H-NBOMe 8.34 (6.11–11.1) 154 (147–161) 8.32 (5.85–11.5) 132 (125–139)
25H-NBOMe 24.3 (13.4–45.0) 179 (163–199) 22.9 (12.8–41.8) 130 (118–143)
26H-NBOMe 16.3 (13.0–20.8) 165 (159–172) 16.4 (12.4–22.0) 142 (135–149)
34H-NBOMe 488 (226–1707) 162 (142–218) 458 (191–2287) 118 (101–171)
35H-NBOMe 678 (385–1295) 137 (123–162) 625 (353–1148) 98.5 (88.8–115)
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The structures of the compounds are provided in Figure 1. Data are from three independent experiments. CI: 95% confidence interval. ND: confidence interval not determined.