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Some tryptamines are neurotransmitters, naturally occurring chemical messengers in the brain.
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Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
Next, scientists used highly sensitive mass spectrometers and other analytic equipment to test the products for psilocybin and other tryptamines.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
Additionally, Colorado’s law bans manufacturers from using synthetic tryptamines, such as 4-acO-DMT, and requires edibles to be tested for synthetics before they are distributed.
—Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2024
The results do not include an analysis of tryptamines or synthetic drugs.
—Christine Ricciardi, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
Some products sold as mushroom chocolates or candies instead contain a synthetic psychoactive tryptamine called 4-acetoxy-dimethyltryptamine, or 4-AcO-DMT.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
In recent decades, hundreds of new synthetic psychoactive substances have hit the market in such products, including many new phenethylamines and tryptamines, which are chemically related to LSD and psilocybin.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
So hallucinogenic psychedelics tend to be in the tryptamine class that also bind to the serotonin 2A receptor.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2024
The active chemical in ayahuasca is DMT, which is a hallucinogenic tryptamine drug that occurs naturally in various plants.
—Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2023
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Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
Next, scientists used highly sensitive mass spectrometers and other analytic equipment to test the products for psilocybin and other tryptamines.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
Additionally, Colorado’s law bans manufacturers from using synthetic tryptamines, such as 4-acO-DMT, and requires edibles to be tested for synthetics before they are distributed.
—Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2024
The results do not include an analysis of tryptamines or synthetic drugs.
—Christine Ricciardi, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
Some products sold as mushroom chocolates or candies instead contain a synthetic psychoactive tryptamine called 4-acetoxy-dimethyltryptamine, or 4-AcO-DMT.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
In recent decades, hundreds of new synthetic psychoactive substances have hit the market in such products, including many new phenethylamines and tryptamines, which are chemically related to LSD and psilocybin.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
So hallucinogenic psychedelics tend to be in the tryptamine class that also bind to the serotonin 2A receptor.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2024
The active chemical in ayahuasca is DMT, which is a hallucinogenic tryptamine drug that occurs naturally in various plants.
—Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2023
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“Tryptamine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tryptamine. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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tryptamine
noun
trypt·amine
ˈtrip-tə-ˌmēn 
: a crystalline amine C10H12N2 derived from tryptophan
also
: any of various substituted derivatives of this amine of which some are significantly hallucinogenic or neurotoxic
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