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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
Agonist high and low affinity state ratios predict drug intrinsic activity and a revised ternary complex mechanism at serotonin 5-HT(2A) and 5-HT(2C) receptors.
2000 Feb
LSD-induced Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder treated with clonazepam: two case reports.
2001
[Pharmacokinetic and toxicokinetic parameters of some drugs of abuse].
2001
A 5-HT(7) receptor-mediated depolarization in the anterodorsal thalamus. I. Pharmacological characterization.
2001 Apr
Serotonergic function in major depression and effect of sertraline and paroxetine treatment.
2001 Mar
EEG coherence in post-LSD visual hallucinations.
2001 Oct 1
LSD-induced Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder with depressive features treated with reboxetine: case report.
2002
LSD therapy in Dutch psychiatry: changing socio-political settings and medical sets.
2002 Apr
False-positive lysergic acid diethylamide immunoassay screen associated with fentanyl medication.
2002 Jan
An analysis of the utility of differential outcome procedures in drug discrimination research.
2002 Jul
A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide influences gene expression patterns within the mammalian brain.
2002 May
Poisoning in children 5: rare and dangerous poisons.
2002 Nov
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
Discovering risperidone: the LSD model of psychopathology.
2003 Apr
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
Dynamic changes in prefrontal cortex gene expression following lysergic acid diethylamide administration.
2003 Mar 17
Pharmacological characterization of a serotonin receptor (5-HT7) stimulating cAMP production in human corneal epithelial cells.
2003 Nov
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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