N-Methyltryptamine

N-Methyltryptamine
Clinical data
Other names	NMT; Methyltryptamine; N-MT; Monomethyltryptamine; Dipterine; PAL-152; PAL152
Legal status
Legal status	US: Schedule I (isomer of AMT);
Identifiers
	IUPAC name 2-(1H-Indol-3-yl)-N-methylethan-1-amine;
CAS Number	61-49-4 ;
PubChem CID	6088;
ChemSpider	5863 ;
UNII	6FRL4L3Z7V;
KEGG	C06213 ;
ChEBI	CHEBI:28136 ;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL348588 ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID70209846 ;
ECHA InfoCard	100.000.462
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C11H14N2
Molar mass	174.247 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
Melting point	87 to 89 °C (189 to 192 °F)
	SMILES CNCCc1c[nH]c2ccccc12;
	InChI InChI=1S/C11H14N2/c1-12-7-6-9-8-13-11-5-3-2-4-10(9)11/h2-5,8,12-13H,6-7H2,1H3 ; Key:NCIKQJBVUNUXLW-UHFFFAOYSA-N ;
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N-Methyltryptamine (NMT), also known as monomethyltryptamine, is a chemical compound of the tryptamine family and a naturally occurring compound found in the human body and certain plants.

It is biosynthesized in humans from tryptamine by certain N-methyltransferase enzymes, such as indolethylamine N-methyltransferase. It is a known component in human urine. NMT is an alkaloid derived from L-tryptophan that has been found in the bark, shoots and leaves of several plant genera, including Virola, Acacia, Mimosa, and Desmanthus—often together with the related compounds N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT).

NMT acts as a serotonin receptor agonist and serotonin releasing agent and is said to produce hallucinogenic effects in humans.