Pharmacological characterization of ecstasy synthesis byproducts with recombinant human monoamine transporters

C Pifl, G Nagy, S Berényi, A Kattinger, H Reither…

Index: Pifl, Christian; Nagy, Gabor; Berenyi, Sandor; Kattinger, Alexandra; Reither, Harald; Antus, Sandor Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2005 , vol. 314, # 1 p. 346 - 354

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Abstract

Abstract Ecstasy samples often contain byproducts of the illegal, uncontrolled synthesis of N- methyl-3, 4-methylenedioxy-amphetamine or 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). MDMA and eight chemically defined byproducts of MDMA synthesis were investigated for their interaction with the primary sites of action of MDMA, namely the human plasmalemmal monamine transporters for norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine [( ...