Alexander Theodore Shulgin was an American medicinal chemist, biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author. He is credited with introducing MDMA to psychologists in the late 1970s for psychopharmaceutical use and for the discovery, synthesis and personal bioassay of over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential.
Alexander T. Shulgin
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American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author
Born | 17 June 1925 |
Died | 2 June 2014 |
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Alexander T. Shulgin
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American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author
Born | 17 June 1925 |
Died | 2 June 2014 |
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Science, Fiction, Hallucinogenic drugs, Phenethylamines, Psychotropic drugs, Altered states of consciousness, Biography, Chemistry, Chemists, Psychedelics, drug development, Chemistry, analytic, Criminal provisions, Drugs, Drugs of abuse, Hallucinogens, Hallucinogènes, Identification, Isochinolinalkaloide, Isochinolinderivate, Isoquinoline, Isoquinolines, Law and legislation, Mysticism, MysticismePlaces
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1970sID Numbers
- OLID: OL599646A
- ISNI: 0000000066792435
- VIAF: 92081971
- Wikidata: Q506336
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q506336
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Alternative names
- Sasha Shulgin
- Alexander Shulgin
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