α-PCyP is a
stimulant
Stimulants (also often referred to as psychostimulants or colloquially as uppers) is an overarching term that covers many drugs including those that increase activity of the central nervous system and the body, drugs that are pleasurable and inv ...
drug of the
cathinone
Cathinone (also known as benzoylethanamine, or β-keto-amphetamine) 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 m ...
class that has been sold online as a
designer drug. In a series of alpha-substituted pyrrolidinyl cathinone derivatives developed in 2015, the alpha-cyclopentyl derivative was found to have around the same potency ''in vitro'' as an
inhibitor
Inhibitor or inhibition may refer to:
In biology
* Enzyme inhibitor, a substance that binds to an enzyme and decreases the enzyme's activity
* Reuptake inhibitor, a substance that increases neurotransmission by blocking the reuptake of a neurotra ...
of the
dopamine transporter as the alpha-propyl derivative
α-PVP
α-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone (also known as α-pyrrolidinovalerophenone, α-PVP, O-2387, β-keto-prolintane, prolintanone, or desmethylpyrovalerone) is a synthetic stimulant of the cathinone class developed in the 1960s that has been sold as a de ...
, while the alpha-cyclohexyl derivative α-PCyP was around twice as strong.
See also
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PCPy
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Picilorex
Picilorex (INN; brand name Roxenan; ''IUPAC: 3-(4-Chlorophenyl)-5-cyclopropyl-2-methylpyrrolidine'') is an anorectic which is no longer marketed. It is a monoamine reuptake inhibitor, a stimulant as well as a derivate of Pyrrolidine.
See also
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α-PHP
α-Pyrrolidinohexiophenone (α-PHP, A-PHP, Aphp, alpha-PHP, α-Pyrrolidinohexanophenone, PV-7) is a synthetic stimulant drug of the cathinone class developed in the 1960s which has been reported as a novel designer drug.
Similar chemical com ...
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α-PHiP
α-PHiP (also known as α-PiHP), is a stimulant drug of the cathinone class that has been sold online as a designer drug. It is a positional isomer of pyrovalerone, with the methyl group shifted from the 4-position of the aromatic ring to the 4- ...
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βk-Ephenidine
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Diphenidine
Diphenidine (1,2-DEP, DPD, DND) is a dissociative anesthetic that has been sold as a designer drug. The synthesis of diphenidine was first reported in 1924, and employed a Bruylants reaction analogous to the one that would later be used to discov ...
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Indapyrophenidone
Indapyrophenidone is a synthetic drug of the cathinone class that has been sold online as a designer drug.
The substance is the indanyl-α-phenyl analogue of the stimulant drug α-PVP, however it is also structurally related to diarylethylami ...
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UWA-101
UWA-101 (also known as α-cyclopropyl-MDMA) is a phenethylamine derivative invented by Dr Matthew Piggott at the University of Western Australia, and researched as a potential treatment for Parkinson's disease. Its chemical structure is very sim ...
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Zylofuramine
Zylofuramine is a stimulant drug. It was developed in 1961, and was intended for use as an appetite suppressant and for the treatment of senile dementia in the elderly, but there is little information about it and it does not appear to have ever ...
References
Pyrrolidinophenones
Designer drugs
Serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agents
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