Escaline vs Proscaline

Escaline is a psychedelic phenethylamine of the mescaline-analog scaline family, corresponding to mescaline with an ethoxy group replacing the 4-position methoxy. Like its parent it acts principally through agonism at serotonin 5-HT2A receptors, producing a mescaline-like state often described as clear and warm but with substantially greater potency by weight. Systematic head-twitch studies in mice have confirmed that homologation of the 4-alkoxy substituent, from methoxy to ethoxy or propoxy, increases 5-HT2A-mediated potency, mirroring the human potency relationships reported by Shulgin. Structural comparisons within fluorinated analogs further illustrate how modification at this position modulates activity and duration. Escaline remains only lightly studied, and detailed human safety and pharmacokinetic data are lacking.

effects

Serotonin

targets

5-HT2A receptor, 5-HT2C receptor

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Proscaline (3,5-dimethoxy-4-propoxyphenethylamine) is a scaline, a homolog of the classic phenethylamine psychedelic mescaline in which the 4-methoxy group is replaced by a longer propoxy chain. Like mescaline it produces its effects chiefly through agonism at the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor, but lengthening the 4-position alkoxy substituent markedly increases potency; comparative studies of mescaline analogs in the mouse head-twitch response confirm that ethoxy and propoxy homologation of the 3,4,5-substituted scaffold raises activity in a manner that parallels the human hallucinogenic data. The resulting experience is described as broadly mescaline-like in character. Because proscaline has been lightly studied, its pharmacokinetics and safety margin are not well defined.

effects

Serotonin

targets

5-HT2A receptor, 5-HT2C receptor

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