4-Methylcathinone (also known as Nor-Mephedrone, 4-MC and NSC-60487), is a stimulant drug of the cathinone chemical class. It is a metabolite of the better known drug mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone).[1][2][3][4]
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Formula | C10H13NO |
Molar mass | 163.220 g·mol−1 |
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4-Methylcathinone displays a 2.4-fold selectivity to promote monoamine release via DAT over SERT as opposed to 309-fold selectivity for cathinone.[5]
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- ^ Meyer MR, Wilhelm J, Peters FT, Maurer HH (June 2010). "Beta-keto amphetamines: studies on the metabolism of the designer drug mephedrone and toxicological detection of mephedrone, butylone, and methylone in urine using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry". Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 397 (3): 1225–33. doi:10.1007/s00216-010-3636-5. PMID 20333362. S2CID 21471611.
- ^ Pedersen AJ, Reitzel LA, Johansen SS, Linnet K (June 2013). "In vitro metabolism studies on mephedrone and analysis of forensic cases". Drug Testing and Analysis. 5 (6): 430–8. doi:10.1002/dta.1369. PMID 22573603.
- ^ Dargan PI, Sedefov R, Gallegos A, Wood DM (July–August 2011). "The pharmacology and toxicology of the synthetic cathinone mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone)". Drug Testing and Analysis. 3 (7–8): 454–63. doi:10.1002/dta.312. PMID 21755604.
- ^ Hutsell BA, Baumann MH, Partilla JS, Banks ML, Vekariya R, Glennon RA, Negus SS (February 2016). "Abuse-related neurochemical and behavioral effects of cathinone and 4-methylcathinone stereoisomers in rats". European Neuropsychopharmacology. 26 (2): 288–297. doi:10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.12.010. PMC 5331761. PMID 26738428.
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