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Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) are a class of drugs that inhibit the activity of one or both monoamine oxidase enzymes: monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) and monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B). They are best known as effective antidepressants , especially for treatment-resistant depression and atypical depression . [ 1 ]
In addition to its MRA activity, 4-MTDMA is a fairly potent monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) inhibitor, with an IC 50 Tooltip half-maximal inhibitory concentration of 2,100 nM. [4] [5] Potent monoamine oxidase inhibition by amphetamines has been associated with dangerous and sometimes fatal toxicity in humans. [4] [5]
Monoamine oxidases (MAO) (EC 1.4.3.4) are a family of enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of monoamines, employing oxygen to clip off their amine group. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are found bound to the outer membrane of mitochondria in most cell types of the body.
Monoamine oxidase A, also known as MAO-A, is an enzyme (E.C. 1.4.3.4) that in humans is encoded by the MAOA gene. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] This gene is one of two neighboring gene family members that encode mitochondrial enzymes which catalyze the oxidative deamination of amines , such as norepinephrine , serotonin and tyramine .
Regarding the isoforms of monoamine oxidase, it shows slight preference for the MAOB isoenzyme over MAOA. [20] This leads to an increase in the availability of monoamines , such as serotonin , norepinephrine , and dopamine , epinephrine as well as a marked increase in the availability of trace amines , such as tryptamine , octopamine , and ...
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Harmaline and harmine fluorescence under ultraviolet light.These three extractions indicate that the middle one has a higher concentration of the two compounds. As mentioned above, some harmala alkaloids can be used as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) to facilitate the ingestion of dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and other tryptamines; while not generally used as a hallucinogen alone, there are ...
Harmine is a RIMA, as it reversibly inhibits monoamine oxidase A , but not MAO-B. [4] Oral or intravenous harmine doses ranging from 30 to 300 mg may cause agitation, bradycardia or tachycardia, blurred vision, hypotension, paresthesias. Serum or plasma harmine concentrations may be measured as a confirmation of diagnosis.