Buscaline (3,5-dimethoxy-4-butoxyphenethylamine) is a chemical compound prepared as a possible
psychedelic drug
Psychedelics are a subclass of hallucinogenic drugs whose primary effect is to trigger non-ordinary mental states (known as psychedelic experiences or "trips") and a perceived "expansion of consciousness". Also referred to as classic halluc ...
. It is an
analog
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Computing and electronics
* Analog signal, in which information is encoded in a continuous variable
** Analog device, an apparatus that operates on analog signals
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of
mescaline
Mescaline, also known as mescalin or mezcalin, and in chemical terms 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine, is a natural product, naturally occurring psychedelic drug, psychedelic alkaloid, protoalkaloid of the substituted phenethylamine class, found ...
. Buscaline was first synthesized by
Alexander Shulgin
Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (June 17, 1925 – June 2, 2014) was an American biochemist, broad researcher of synthetic psychoactive compounds, and author of works regarding these, who independently explored the organic chemistry and ph ...
. In his book ''
PiHKAL
''PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story'' is a book by Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin published in 1991. The subject of the work is Psychoactive drug, psychoactive phenethylamine Derivative (chemistry), chemical derivatives, notably those that act ...
'', the minimum dosage is listed as 150 mg, and the duration is "several hours".
[Buscaline Entry in ''PiHKAL'']
/ref> Buscaline produces no psychedelic
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or psychoactive
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effects, but causes heart arrhythmia
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and light diarrhea
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. It does not cause any visuals or insights.[ Very little data exists about the pharmacological properties, metabolism, and toxicity of buscaline.
]
See also
* Substituted mescaline analogue
A substituted mescaline analogue, also known as a scaline and typically but not always a 4-substituted 3,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine, is an analogue of the phenethylamine serotonergic psychedelic mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine).
Other ...
References
External links
Buscaline Entry at ''PiHKAL''·info
Pyrogallol ethers
Scalines
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