Pyrrolidinophenone Explained

Pyrrolidinophenones are a class of stimulant recreational designer drugs including many substituted cathinones. The prototypical example is alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (α-PVP).

Pyrrolidinophenones have psychostimulant effects and are associated with central nervous system and cardiovascular toxicities.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Forensic Toxicology . 2014 . 32 . 1 . 1–8 . Recently abused synthetic cathinones, α-pyrrolidinophenone derivatives: a review of their pharmacology, acute toxicity, and metabolism . Kei Zaitsu . Munehiro Katagi . Hitoshi Tsuchihashi . Akira Ishii . 10.1007/s11419-013-0218-1. 25604845 .