25I-NBMD
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25I-NBMD is a derivative of the phenethylamine
Phenethylamine
Phenylethylamine or phenethylamine is a natural monoamine alkaloid, trace amine, and also the name of a class of chemicals with many members well known for psychoactive drug and stimulant effects. Studies suggest that phenylethylamine functions as a neuromodulator or neurotransmitter in the...

 hallucinogen
Psychedelic
The term psychedelic is derived from the Greek words ψυχή and δηλοῦν , translating to "soul-manifesting". A psychedelic experience is characterized by the striking perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly...

 2C-I
2C-I
2C-I or 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenethylamine is a psychedelic phenethylamine of the 2C family. It was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin. It was described in Shulgin’s book PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story. The drug is used recreationally for its psychedelic and entactogenic effects...

, discovered in 2006 by a team at Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

 led by David Nichols. It acts as a potent partial agonist
Partial agonist
Partial agonists bind and activate a given receptor, but have only partial efficacy at the receptor relative to a full agonist...

 for the 5HT2A receptor
Receptor (biochemistry)
In biochemistry, a receptor is a molecule found on the surface of a cell, which receives specific chemical signals from neighbouring cells or the wider environment within an organism...

 with a Ki
Dissociation constant
In chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmacology, a dissociation constant is a specific type of equilibrium constant that measures the propensity of a larger object to separate reversibly into smaller components, as when a complex falls apart into its component molecules, or when a salt splits up into...

 of 0.049nM at the human 5HT2A receptor. The corresponding 4-bromo analogue 25B-NBMD has been used for molecular dynamics studies on the shape of the 5-HT2A receptor.

See also

  • 2CBCB-NBOMe
    2CBCB-NBOMe
    2CBCB-NBOMe is a compound indirectly derived from the phenethylamine series of hallucinogens, which was discovered in 2007 at Purdue University as part of the ongoing research program of the team led by David Nichols focusing on the mapping of the specific amino acid residues responsible for...

     (NBOMe-TCB-2)
  • 2CBFly-NBOMe
    2CBFly-NBOMe
    2CBFly-NBOMe is a compound indirectly derived from the phenethylamine hallucinogen 2C-B, and related to benzodifurans like 2C-B-FLY and N-benzylphenethylamines like NBOMe-2C-I...

     (NBOMe-2CB-Fly)
  • 25B-NBOMe
    25B-NBOMe
    25B-NBOMe is a derivative of the phenethylamine hallucinogen 2C-B, discovered in 2004 by Ralf Heim at the Free University of Berlin. It acts as a potent partial agonist for the 5HT2A receptor...

     (NBOMe-2CB)
  • 2C-C-NBOMe
    2C-C-NBOMe
    2C-C-NBOMe is a derivative of the phenethylamine hallucinogen 2C-C, which acts as a potent partial agonist for the 5HT2A receptor, and has been studied in its 11C radiolabelled form as a potential ligand for mapping the distribution of 5-HT2A receptors in the brain, using positron emission...

     (NBOMe-2CC)
  • 25I-NBOH
    25I-NBOH
    25I-NBOH is a derivative of the phenethylamine derived hallucinogen 2C-I, discovered in 2006 by a team at Purdue University. It acts as a potent agonist for the 5HT2A receptor, with a Ki of 0.12nM at the human 5HT2A receptor, making it some 5x the potency of 2C-I itself...

     (NBOH-2CI)
  • 25I-NBOMe
    25I-NBOMe
    25I-NBOMe is a derivative of the phenethylamine hallucinogen 2C-I, discovered in 2003 by Ralf Heim at the Free University of Berlin, and subsequently investigated in more detail by a team at Purdue University led by David Nichols.25I-NBOMe acts as a highly potent agonist for the human 5-HT2A...

     (NBOMe-2CI)
  • 2C-TFM-NBOMe
    2C-TFM-NBOMe
    2C-TFM-NBOMe is a derivative of the phenethylamine hallucinogen 2C-TFM, discovered in 2004 by Ralf Heim at the Free University of Berlin...

     (NBOMe-2C-TFM)
  • 25I-NBF
    25I-NBF
    25I-NBF is a derivative of the phenethylamine hallucinogen 2C-I, which acts as a highly potent partial agonist for the human 5-HT2A receptor...

    (NBF-2CI)
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