>aDrenoChrome
https:// www.erowid.org/chemicals/adrenochrome/
Excerpt from "The Private Sea" by William Braden
Chemistry and mysticism
[…]
The question of religious chemistry has been underscored recently by
the wide attention given to the theories, already mentioned, of Dr. Abram
Hoffer and Humphry Osmond. Their adrenochrome-adrenolutin hypothesis
suggests that schizophrenia may be caused at least in part by defective
adrenal metabolism. Very briefly, the adrenal gland secretes the hormone
adrenaline, which helps coordinate biological mechanisms in emergency
situations, for example, a fist fight or a threatened traffic accident.
Heart rate is increased, the blood is sugared up and pumped to the
necessary muscles. Adrenaline also may affect the emotions, contributing to
anxiety and depression. In the body it turns into a toxic hormone called
adrenochrome, which in turn can be converted into either of two other
compounds: dihydroxyindole or adrenolutin. It is possible that
dihydroxyindole balances off adrenaline to reduce tension and irritability;
in schizophrenics, however, adrenochrome is converted primarily into
adrenolutin, which also is toxic, and the combination of
adrenochrome-adrenolutin results in a poisonous disruption of the brain's
chemical processes. That is the theory. And the prescribed antidotes are
nicotinic acid (niacin) or nicotinamide (Vitamin B-3). Discussing one of
the villains in the piece, the scientists write: "There are few who doubt
that adrenochrome is active in animals or in man, and it is now included
among the family of compounds known as hallucinogens - compounds like
mescaline and LSD-25 capable of producing psychological changes in man."
>>http://www. lycaeum.org/leda/docs/12469.shtml?ID=12469
Adrenochrome
3-Hydroxy-1-methyl-5,6-indoline-dione, C9H9NO3 (mol. wt. 179.17)
Produced in the body by oxidation of epinephrine (andrenalin).
"… Then came the discovery that adrenochrome, which is a product of the decomposition of adrenalin, can produce many of the symptoms observed in mescalin intoxication. But adrenochrome probably occurs spontaneously in the human body. In other words, each one of us may be capable of manufacturing a chemical, minute doses of which are known to cause Profound changes in consciousness. …"
–Aldous Huxley
Doors of Perception