Methamnetamine

Methamnetamine
Systematic (IUPAC) name
N-Methyl-1-(2-naphthyl)propan-2-amine
Clinical data
Legal status
  • Illegal in Japan
Identifiers
PubChem CID 17802040
ChemSpider 38754167
Chemical data
Formula C14H17N
Molar mass 199.30 g·mol−1

Methamnetamine (also known as methylnaphetamine, MNA, MNT and PAL-1046) is a triple monoamine releasing agent and N-methyl analog of the non-neurotoxic experimental drug naphthylaminopropane and the naphthalene analog of methamphetamine.[1] It has been sold online as a designer drug.[2][3]

It acts as a releasing agent of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine, with EC50 values of 13 nM, 34 nM, and 10 nM, respectively.[1]

Legal status

Methamnetamine is illegal in Japan.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Richard B. Rothman, John S. Partilla, Michael H. Baumann, Catrissa Lightfoot-Siordia, Bruce E. Blough (April 2012). "Studies of the Biogenic Amine Transporters. 14. Identification of Low-Efficacy "Partial" Substrates for the Biogenic Amine Transporters". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 341 (1): 251–262. doi:10.1124/jpet.111.188946. PMC 3364510. PMID 22271821.
  2. "Methamnetamine". WEDINOS.
  3. "Methamnetamine". New Synthetic Drugs Database.
  4. "指定薬物名称・構造式一覧(平成27年9月16日現在)" (PDF) (in Japanese). 厚生労働省. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.


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