4-Methylamphetamine

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4-Methylamphetamine
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Legal status
Legal status
  • In general: uncontrolled
Identifiers
  • 1-(4-methylphenyl)propan-2-amine
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC10H15N
Molar mass149.23

4-Methylamphetamine (4-MA; PAL-313; Aptrol) is a psychoactive drug and research chemical of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes. It acts as a norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agent (NDRA) and produces stimulant and anorectic effects.[1][2] Unlike most other para-substituted amphetamines, 4-methylamphetamine has negligible efficacy as a releaser of serotonin.[1] It was investigated as an appetite suppressant under the trade name Aptrol in 1952, but development was apparently never completed.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b Wee S, Anderson KG, Baumann MH, Rothman RB, Blough BE, Woolverton WL (2005). "Relationship between the serotonergic activity and reinforcing effects of a series of amphetamine analogs". J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 313 (2): 848–54. doi:10.1124/jpet.104.080101. PMID 15677348.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b GELVIN EP, McGAVACK TH (1952). "2-Amino-1-(p-methylphenyl)-propane (aptrol) as an anorexigenic agent in weight reduction". N Y State J Med. 52 (2): 223–6. PMID 14890975.