α-Pyrrolidinoheptaphenone (PV8, α-PEP, α-PHPP, Aphpp, A-PHPP) is a
designer drug
A designer drug is a structural or functional analog of a controlled substance that has been designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the original drug, while avoiding classification as illegal and/or detection in standard drug tests. ...
of the
pyrrolidinophenone class of
cathinone
Cathinone (; also known as β-ketoamphetamine) is a monoamine alkaloid found in the shrub ''Catha edulis'' (khat) and is chemically similar to ephedrine, cathine, methcathinone and other amphetamines. It is probably the main contributor to t ...
s.
It is the higher
homolog
In biology, homology is similarity in anatomical structures or genes between organisms of different taxa due to shared ancestry, ''regardless'' of current functional differences. Evolutionary biology explains homologous structures as retained her ...
of
α-pyrrolidinohexiophenone (α-PHP).
In the United States, α-pyrrolidinoheptaphenone is a
Schedule I Controlled Substance
The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) is the statute establishing federal U.S. drug policy under which the manufacture, importation, possession, use, and distribution of certain substances is regulated. It was passed by the 91st United State ...
.
See also
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α-PHP
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α-PHiP
α-Pyrrolidinoisohexanophenone (mainly known as A-PiHP or α-PiHP) is a stimulant drug of the Substituted cathinone, cathinone class that has been sold online as a designer drug. It acts as a potent Norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor, ...
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α-PCyP
α-PCyP (α-PyrrolidinoCyclohexanoPhenone) is a stimulant drug of the Substituted cathinone, cathinone class that has been sold online as a designer drug. In a series of alpha-substituted pyrrolidinyl cathinone derivatives developed in 2015, th ...
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4F-PV9
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MDPV
Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (abbreviated MDPV, and also called monkey dust) is a stimulant of the cathinone class that acts as a norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor (NDRI). It was first developed in the 1960s by a team at Boehringer Ing ...
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N-Ethylheptedrone
References
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Pyrrolidinophenones
Pentyl compounds