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
×CloseAmerican medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author
Born | 17 June 1925 |
Died | 2 June 2014 |
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Alexander T. Shulgin
×CloseAmerican medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author
Born | 17 June 1925 |
Died | 2 June 2014 |
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Altered states of consciousness, Biography, Chemists, Criminal provisions, Drugs, Drugs of abuse, Fiction, Hallucinogenic drugs, Law and legislation, Phenethylamines, Psychedelics, Psychotropic drugs, SciencePlaces
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- 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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