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List of precursors
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Any drug or chemical that, after synthesizing results in one or more pharmacologically active substances of interest is a precursor.[1] Precursors can be psychoactive compounds or non-psychoactive compounds. A list of some precursors can be found below.
List of drug precursors
List of synthetic drug precursors
- 2,5-DMA → DOB, DOC, DOI, DON
- 2,5-dimethoxybenzaldehyde for 2,5-DMA, 2C-H
- 2C-B → 25B-NBOMe, 2C-C → 25CB-NBOMe, 2C-D → 25D-NBOMe, etc
- 2C-H → 2C-B, 2C-C, 2C-D, etc
- 5-meo-trypamine → 5-meo-DMT
- Anethole → PMA, PMMA
- DOB → DOEF
- Elemicin → mescaline
- Ephedrine → methamphetamine
- Ergotamine → LSD
- GABA → GBL → GHB
- LSA → LSD
- Morphine → codeine
- P2NP → amphetamine
- Pseudoephedrine → methamphetamine
- Safrole/isosafrole → MDMA
- Thebaine → codeine, and oxycodone
- nor-LSD → AL-LAD, ETH-LAD, LSD, probably more
- Norepinephrine → epinephrine (adrenaline)
- Phenylalanine → phenethylamine
- Picamilon → GABA
- Piperazine → BZP
- Tyramine → dopamine, N-Methyltyramine (NMT), and octopamine
- Tyrosine → L-DOPA, and tyramine
- Tryptophan → 5-HTP, and melatonin
List of GMO drug precursors
See also: Psychoactive substances, and precursor chemicals, produced by GMOs
- Lysergic acid (LSD precursor)
- GMO yeast: Baker’s Yeast[2]
- Thebaine (morphine precursor)
- GMO bacteria: E. coli[3]
List of neurotransmitter precursors in humans
- Phenylalanine, tyrosine → epinephrine
- Dopamine → epinephrine, norepinephrine
- Tryptophan
- Tyrosine → L-DOPA → dopamine
- Tyramine → dopamine, N-Methyltyramine (NMT), and octopamine
See also
External links
- Catecholamine (Wikipedia)
- Neurotransmitter (Wikipedia)
- Precursor chemicals (Wikipedia)
- Precursor (chemistry) (Wikipedia)
- ↑ C. G. Wermuth, C. R. Ganellin, P. Lindberg, L. A. Mitscher; Ganellin; Lindberg; Mitscher (1998). "Glossary of terms used in medicinal chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1998)". Pure and Applied Chemistry. 70 (5): 1129. https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199870051129
- ↑ "Harvesting baker's yeast for aging-related therapeutics". ScienceDaily.
- ↑ "Genetically modified E. coli pump out morphine precursor: Bacteria yield 300 times more opiates than yeast". ScienceDaily.