N-Acetylmescaline
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N-[2-(3,4,5-Trimethoxyphenyl)ethyl]acetamide | |
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C13H19NO4 | |
Molar mass | 253.298 g·mol−1 |
Melting point | 93 to 94 °C (199 to 201 °F; 366 to 367 K)[1] |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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N-Acetylmescaline is a mescaline derivative found in trace quantities in peyote (Lophophora williamsii).[1] It is a metabolite of mescaline in humans, but it has little pharmacological effects of its own.[2] At doses of up to 750 mg, only mild drowsiness was observed.[2][3] Hence, N-acetylmescaline appears to be inactive as a hallucinogen.[3]
N-Acetylmescaline has microtubule assembly inhibitory activity.[4]
References
- ^ a b John Buckingham (ed.). Dictionary of Natural Products. Vol. 6. p. 3842.
- ^ a b Maxwell Gordon (ed.). Psychopharmacological Agents. Vol. 4. p. 94.
- ^ a b Mangner TJ (1978). Potential Psychotomimetic Antagonists. N,n -diethyl-1-methyl-3-aryl-1, 2, 5, 6-tetrahydropyridine-5-carboxamides (Ph.D. thesis). University of Michigan. doi:10.7302/11268. Archived from the original on 30 March 2025.
Two N-substituted mescaline analogs isolated from L. williamsii are N-methylmescaline (62a) and N-acetylmescaline (62b).95 N-Methylmescaline shows no central effects at a dose which would represent many times the level that would be encountered in a normal dose of peyote.67 N-Acetylmescaline, which has been identified as a metabolite of mescaline in man, is centrally inactive to 750 mg.96
- ^ Dumortier, C; Potenziano, JL; Bane, S; Engelborghs, Y (1997). "The mechanism of tubulin-colchicine recognition--a kinetic study of the binding of a bicyclic colchicine analogue with a minor modification of the a ring". European Journal of Biochemistry. 249 (1): 265–9. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00265.x. PMID 9363778.