Of the nine tracers presented in Paper II, eight were close analogues of 6.1 while the last (6.10)
was a simple phenethylamine. The tracer properties of the first eight compounds were expected
to be reasonably similar. They had all high affinity for 5‐HT2A receptors in vitro and their LogDvalues
did not differ substantially.
Nevertheless, the tracer properties of the compounds were quite distinct. 6.4 And 6.10 had the
lowest binding potentials, which can perhaps be attributed to the slightly lower binding affinity
of these compounds. Both compounds also had poor separation between the cortex and
cerebellum time‐activity curves (Figure 15). In addition, 6.10 had a negative cLogD‐value which
puts it well outside the ‘ideal tracer’ definition. 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6 and 6.8 had binding potentials
slightly lower or equal to that of 6.1. With the exception of the isotopomer 6.2 they all showed
slightly improved kinetics but not enough to warrant further research. 6.7 and 6.9 both had
substantially better binding potentials and higher target‐to‐background ratios than 6.1.
Furthermore, 6.7 showed improved kinetics with a steady decline of the activity over the 90‐
minute experiments which is a clear indication of reversible binding
Radiosynthesis and in vivo evaluation of a series of substituted 11 C-phenethylamines as 5-HT2A agonist PET tracers
Anders Ettrup & Martin Hansen & Martin A. Santini & James Paine & Nic Gillings & Mikael Palner & Szabolcs Lehel & Matthias M. Herth & Jacob Madsen & Jesper Kristensen & Mikael Begtrup & Gitte M. Knudsen Received: 26 August 2010 /Accepted: 15 November 2010 # Springer-Verlag 2010
No I don't think 25C is more potent than 25B. Not saying this from personal experience but still.
edit: hmm taking another look at the 25B you might be right - apparently I remembered wrong and the doses I suggested for the poll were wrongly confirmed.
Well as has been pointed out at earlier times, there is another factor with these compounds that can be the explanation for discrepancies like this: not all of them dissolve the same, and this matters for how they are absorbed and transported to the brain. If 25B takes a longer time (read as 'more gradually') to reach the brain, that alone can be reason enough to be weaker because of a super fast form of tolerance developing.
If you look at that paper though, fig 3 shows that 25B has one of the highest uptakes into the cortex.
Do people really think that 25C is markedly stronger than 25B?