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Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C20H25N3O.C4H6O6
Molecular Weight 473.5188
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 4 / 4
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of LYSERGIDE TARTRATE

SMILES

O[C@H]([C@@H](O)C(O)=O)C(O)=O.[H][C@@]12CC3=CNC4=C3C(=CC=C4)C1=C[C@H](CN2C)C(=O)N(CC)CC

InChI

InChIKey=HQMPRARIZOUKRO-AJLBZGGQSA-N
InChI=1S/C20H25N3O.C4H6O6/c1-4-23(5-2)20(24)14-9-16-15-7-6-8-17-19(15)13(11-21-17)10-18(16)22(3)12-14;5-1(3(7)8)2(6)4(9)10/h6-9,11,14,18,21H,4-5,10,12H2,1-3H3;1-2,5-6H,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/t14-,18-;1-,2-/m11/s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C4H6O6
Molecular Weight 150.0868
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Molecular Formula C20H25N3O
Molecular Weight 323.432
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Lysergide (LSD) is a semi-synthetic hallucinogen and is one of the most potent drugs known. Recreational use became popular between the 1960s to 1980s, but is now less common. LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hoffman while working for Sandoz Laboratories in Basel in 1938. Some years later, during a re-evaluation of the compound, he accidentally ingested a small amount and described the first ‘trip’. During the 1950s and 1960s, Sandoz evaluated the drug for therapeutic purposes and marketed it under the name Delysid®. It was used for research into the chemical origins of mental illness. Recreational use started in the 1960s and is associated with the ‘psychedelic period’. LSD possesses a complex pharmacological profile that includes direct activation of serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine receptors. In addition, one of its chief sites of action is that of compound-specific (“allosteric”) alterations in secondary messengers associated with 5HT2A and 5HT2C receptor activation and changes in gene expression. The hallucinogenic effects of LSD are likely due to agonism at 5HT2A and 5HT2C receptors. LSD is also an agonist at the majority of known serotonin receptors, including 5HT1A, 5HT1B, 5HT1D, 5HT5A, 5HT6 and 5HT7 receptors. During the 1960s, LSD was investigated for a variety of psychiatric indications, including the following: as an aid in treatment of schizophrenia; as a means of creating a "model psychosis"; as a direct antidepressant; and as an adjunct to psychotherapy. LSD is listed in Schedule I of the United Nations 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

Originator

Curator's Comment: Lysergide (LSD) was first synthesised by Albert Hoffman while working for Sandoz Laboratories in Basel in 1938.

Approval Year

Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
3.1 ng/mL
200 μg single, oral
dose: 200 μg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
LYSERGIDE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
1.3 ng/mL
100 μg single, oral
dose: 100 μg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
LYSERGIDE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
20.3 ng × h/mL
200 μg single, oral
dose: 200 μg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
LYSERGIDE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
8.1 ng × h/mL
100 μg single, oral
dose: 100 μg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
LYSERGIDE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
1.5 h
200 μg single, oral
dose: 200 μg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
LYSERGIDE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
2.6 h
100 μg single, oral
dose: 100 μg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
LYSERGIDE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
Overview

OverviewOther

Drug as perpetrator​Drug as victim
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Acute injection of drugs with low addictive potential (delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, lysergic acid diamide) causes a much higher c-fos expression in limbic brain areas than highly addicting drugs (cocaine and morphine).
1999 Aug 25
Reconstitution of human 5-hydroxytryptamine5A receptor--G protein coupling in E. coli and Sf9 cell membranes with membranes from Sf9 cells expressing mammalian G proteins.
2001
[Pharmacokinetic and toxicokinetic parameters of some drugs of abuse].
2001
Human 5-HT(5) receptors: the 5-HT(5A) receptor is functional but the 5-HT(5B) receptor was lost during mammalian evolution.
2001 Apr 27
Amphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, lysergic acid diethylamide, and metabolites of the catecholamine neurotransmitters are agonists of a rat trace amine receptor.
2001 Dec
Selective and divergent regulation of cortical 5-HT(2A) receptors in rabbit.
2001 Dec
Determination of LSD and its metabolites in human biological fluids by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrospray tandem mass spectrometry.
2001 Dec 5
Lysergic acid diethylamide.
2001 Jul-Aug
A case study of space-time distortion during a total lunar eclipse following street use of LSD.
2001 Jul-Sep
Improvement of hallucinogen persisting perception disorder by treatment with a combination of fluoxetine and olanzapine: case report.
2001 Jun
Association of a 5-HT(5A) receptor polymorphism, Pro15Ser, to schizophrenia.
2001 Mar
Serotonergic function in major depression and effect of sertraline and paroxetine treatment.
2001 Mar
[Interferon alpha-associated agranulocytosis during clozapine treatment. Case report and status of current knowledge].
2001 Nov
Is the U.S. experiencing an incipient epidemic of hallucinogen use?
2001 Oct
EEG coherence in post-LSD visual hallucinations.
2001 Oct 1
Hallucinogens and Drosophila: linking serotonin receptor activation to behavior.
2002
Identification of a dopamine receptor from Caenorhabditis elegans.
2002 Feb 8
False-positive lysergic acid diethylamide immunoassay screen associated with fentanyl medication.
2002 Jan
Jekyll and Hyde revisited: paradoxes in the appreciation of drug experiences and their effects on creativity.
2002 Jul-Sep
Hallucinogens and redemption.
2002 Jul-Sep
Poisoning in children 5: rare and dangerous poisons.
2002 Nov
Comparison of EMIT II, CEDIA, and DPC RIA assays for the detection of lysergic acid diethylamide in forensic urine samples.
2002 Oct
The effects of psychotomimetics and psychomotor stimulants on two schedules promoting response switching in the rat.
2002 Oct
Re-evaluation of lisuride pharmacology: 5-hydroxytryptamine1A receptor-mediated behavioral effects overlap its other properties in rats.
2002 Oct
[Hawaiian baby woodrose: (Psycho-) Pharmacological effects of the seeds of Argyreia nervosa. A case-orientated demonstration].
2002 Sep
A common oscillator for perceptual rivalries?
2003
[Clinical methods in evolutional physiology].
2003 Jan-Feb
Effects of autoshaping procedures on 3H-8-OH-DPAT-labeled 5-HT1a binding and 125I-LSD-labeled 5-HT2a binding in rat brain.
2003 Jun 13
Blue light (clearlight) for acne vulgaris.
2003 Jun 23
Persisting visual hallucinations and illusions in previously drug-addicted patients.
2003 Mar
Determination of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in mouse blood by capillary electrophoresis/ fluorescence spectroscopy with sweeping techniques in micellar electrokinetic chromatography.
2003 Mar
On-line identification of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in tablets using a combination of a sweeping technique and micellar electrokinetic chromatography/77 K fluorescence spectroscopy.
2003 Mar
Salvinorin A: the "magic mint" hallucinogen finds a molecular target in the kappa opioid receptor.
2003 Mar
Creation, expression, and characterization of a constitutively active mutant of the human serotonin 5-HT6 receptor.
2003 Mar
Dynamic changes in prefrontal cortex gene expression following lysergic acid diethylamide administration.
2003 Mar 17
LC-MS analysis of 2-oxo-3-hydroxy LSD from urine using a Speedisk positive-pressure processor with Cerex PolyChrom CLIN II columns.
2003 Oct
Patents

Patents

Sample Use Guides

Lysergide (LSD) is active at doses from about 20 ug. Typical doses are now about 20 to 80 ug although, in the past, doses as high as 300 ug were common.
Route of Administration: Oral
In Vitro Use Guide
Curator's Comment: Low concentrations of both LSD (3-100 nM) and the phenethylamine hallucinogen 1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl-2-aminopropane (DOI; 0.3-10 uM) on rat piriform cortical interneurons that were excited by 5-HT were studied.
Lysergide (LSD) (3-100 nM) and DOI (0.3-10 uM) excited almost every cell excited by 5-HT. The maximal excitation achieved with LSD and DOI was 39% and 55% of the effect of a near-maximal 5-HT concentration (100 uM).
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Name Type Language
LYSERGIDE TARTRATE
Common Name English
LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE BITARTRATE
Common Name English
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Tartrate
Common Name English
ERGOLINE-8-CARBOXAMIDE, 9,10-DIDEHYDRO-N,N-DIETHYL-6-METHYL-, (8.BETA.)-, (R-(R*,R*))-2,3-DIHYDROXYBUTANEDIOATE (1:1)
Systematic Name English
ERGOLINE-8-CARBOXAMIDE, 9,10-DIDEHYDRO-N,N-DIETHYL-6-METHYL-, (8.BETA.)-, (2R,3R)-2,3-DIHYDROXYBUTANEDIOATE (1:1)
Systematic Name English
LSD BITARTRATE
Common Name English
Code System Code Type Description
FDA UNII
KXF3755R6D
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CAS
113-41-7
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PUBCHEM
161116
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EVMPD
SUB184889
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SMS_ID
100000170666
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INCB IDS CODE
PL 002
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