Trisescaline (3,4,5-triethoxyphenethylamine) is a lesser-known
phenethylamine
Phenethylamine (PEA) is an organic compound, natural monoamine alkaloid, and trace amine, which acts as a central nervous system stimulant in humans. In the brain, phenethylamine regulates monoamine neurotransmission by binding to trace ami ...
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
Analog or analogue may refer to:
Computing and electronics
* Analog signal, in which information is encoded in a continuous variable
** Analog device, an apparatus that operates on analog signals
*** Analog electronics, circuits which use analog ...
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 ...
. Trisescaline 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 ...
'', both the minimum dosage and the duration are unknown.
Trisescaline entry in ''PiHKAL''
/ref> Trisescaline produces no effects. Very little data exists about the pharmacological properties, metabolism, and toxicity of trisescaline.
See also
* Thiotrisescaline
Thiotrisescaline (T-TRIS) is a series of lesser-known phenethylamines prepared as potential Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants, psychedelic drugs. There are two isomers, 3-T-TRIS and 4-T-TRIS, each similar in structure to trisescaline wit ...
References
Phenol ethers
Scalines
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