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9-Methyl-β-carboline (9-MBC) is a synthetic β-carboline alkaloid that has gained significant interest in the nootropic community for its reported ability to promote dopaminergic neuron growth, increase dopamine synthesis enzymes, and provide neuroprotective effects against neurotoxins.

Bromantane is an atypical psychostimulant and anxiolytic developed in the 1980s at the Zakusov Institute of Pharmacology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, originally created as an adaptogen for Soviet military and elite athletic use and later approved in Russia for the treatment of neurasthenic and asthenic disorders under the trade name Ladasten.

Dihexa is a synthetic peptide analogue of the angiotensin IV metabolite LVV-hemorphin-7, developed at Washington State University.

L-Theanine is a non-proteinogenic amino acid found almost exclusively in tea (Camellia sinensis) and a handful of edible mushrooms, and it has become the single most widely-used calm-focus nootropic in the modern supplement market — both on its own at 100-400mg doses and, even more prominently, as the classic 1:1 or 2:1 pair with caffeine that defines the "calm-focus" experiential signature of green tea and of virtually every serious nootropic stack.

L-Tyrosine is a non-essential aromatic amino acid and the direct biosynthetic precursor to the catecholamine neurotransmitters dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine.

Lion's Mane (scientific name Hericium erinaceus; also known as yamabushitake in Japanese, houtou in Chinese, bearded tooth fungus, monkey head mushroom, and pom pom mushroom) is a white-to-cream coloured edible and medicinal mushroom in the tooth fungus family (Hericiaceae), characterised by its distinctive cascading spines that resemble a lion's mane or white cascading icicles.

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