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Shulgin Index Table 2Page 318Row 16

PiHKAL #14 BOD · #66 DOET · #109 MDMA · #142 PEA

TiHKAL #5 α,O-DMS · #8 α,N-DMT · #11 α-ET

Phenethylamine: Von der Strucktur zur Funktion Methamphetamine: 3.0 (1) 68 · 3.1 (2) 94, 95, 97 · 4.0 (10) 290, 291 · MA: 3.1 (2) 98, 103 · 4.3 (16) 303

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2-Me-AMP · 2-MeA · 2-Methylamphetamine · oTAP

3-Me-AMP · 3-MeA · 3-Methylamphetamine · mTAP · PAL-314

4-MA · 4-Me-AMP · 4-MeA · 4-Methylamphetamine · pTAP · PAL-313 · PMeA

AEPEA · α-Et-PEA

DMePEA

N,N-DMPEA · N,N-MePEA

N-EtPEA

Phenpromethamine · β,N-MePEA

Phentermine · α,α-Me-PEA

4-EtPEA

2,3-DMePEA

2,4-DMePEA

2,5-DMePEA

3,5-DMePEA

2,6-DMePEA

β,β-Me-PEA

N,2-Me-PEA

N,3-Dimethylphenylethylamine · N,3-MePEA

Homoamphetamine

Isopropylbenzylamine

β-Methylamphetamine

10782

12177

N-methyl-1-phenylpropylamine

1-Phenylbutan-1-amine

N-Ethyl-1-phenylethan-1-amine

4-Phenylbutan-1-amine

Benzyl(ethyl)methylamine

Benzyl(propyl)amine

2-Methyl-1-phenylpropan-1-amine

p1-134: MA: Subjective analysis
p3-336: MDPR; LSD; DOB; Meth; MDMA
p3-366: LSD; MDMA; Methedrine