4-HO-DsBT (4-hydroxy-''N,N''-di-''sec''-butyltryptamine) is a tryptamine derivative which acts as a

serotonin receptor 5-HT receptors, 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors, or serotonin receptors, are a group of G protein-coupled receptor and ligand-gated ion channels found in the central and peripheral nervous systems. They mediate both excitatory and inhibitory neur ...

agonist An agonist is a chemical that activates a receptor to produce a biological response. Receptors are cellular proteins whose activation causes the cell to modify what it is currently doing. In contrast, an antagonist blocks the action of the ago ...

. It was first made by

Alexander Shulgin Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (June 17, 1925 – June 2, 2014) was an American medicinal chemist, biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author. He is credited with introducing 3,4-methylenedioxymethamph ...

and is mentioned in his book TiHKAL, but was never tested by him. However it has subsequently been tested ''in vitro'' and unlike the ''n''-butyl and isobutyl isomers which are much weaker, the ''s''-butyl derivative retains reasonable potency, with a similar 5-HT_2A receptor affinity to

MiPT ''N''-Methyl-''N''-isopropyltryptamine (MiPT) is a psychedelic tryptamine, closely related to DMT, DiPT and Miprocin. Chemistry MiPT base, unlike many other tryptamines in their freebase form, does not decompose rapidly in the presence of ligh ...

but better selectivity over the 5-HT_1A and 5-HT_2B subtypes.

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