Lespedamine Explained

Lespedamine is an indole alkaloid and substituted tryptamine present in the plant Lespedeza bicolor.[1] [2] The alkaloid bears a close structural resemblance to the psychedelic alkaloid dimethyltryptamine and was speculated to have psychoactivity by Alexander Shulgin. No reports on lespedamine's biological activity have been published.

References

  1. Somei M, Yamada F, Kurauchi T, etal . The chemistry of indoles. CIII. Simple syntheses of serotonin, N-methylserotonin, bufotenine, 5-methoxy-N-methyltryptamine, bufobutanoic acid, N-(indol-3-yl)methyl-5-methoxy-N-methyltryptamine, and lespedamine based on 1-hydroxyindole chemistry . Chem. Pharm. Bull. . 49 . 1 . 87–96 . January 2001 . 11201232 . 10.1248/cpb.49.87. free . 2297/43978 . free .
  2. Über Alkaloide, V Inhaltsstoffe vonLespedeza bicolor var.japonica, I. über Lespedamin, ein neues Alkaloid . 10.1002/jlac.19656820121 . Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie . 22 February 1965 . 682 . 1 . 212–218 . Morimoto . Hiroshi . Oshio . Haruji .

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