Alexander T. Shulgin

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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.

Born 1925-06-17

Died 2014-06-02

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• Shulgin Research Institute

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• Open LibraryOL599646A
• VIAF92081971
• WikidataQ506336
• ISNI0000000066792435
• Goodreads158496

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