Editing Dimethyltryptamine (section)

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DMT is commonly handled and stored as a [[hemifumarate]],<ref name="TiHKAL">{{cite web|url=https://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/tihkal/tihkal06.shtml|title=Erowid Online Books: "TIHKAL" – #6 DMT|website=Erowid.org|access-date=2015-09-10|archive-date=2015-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916005755/https://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/tihkal/tihkal06.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="pmid32608093">{{cite journal | vauthors = Cozzi NV, Daley PF | title = Synthesis and characterization of high-purity ''N'',''N''-dimethyltryptamine hemifumarate for human clinical trials | journal = Drug Testing and Analysis | volume = 12 | issue = 10 | pages = 1483–1493 | date = October 2020 | doi = 10.1002/dta.2889| pmid = 32608093 | s2cid = 220290037 }}</ref> as other DMT acid salts are extremely [[Hygroscopy|hygroscopic]] and will not readily crystallize. Its [[Freebase (chemistry)|freebase]] form, although less stable than DMT hemifumarate, is favored by recreational users choosing to vaporize the chemical as it has a lower boiling point.<ref name="TiHKAL" />

DMT is a [[lipophilic]] [[chemical compound|compound]], with an experimental [[log P]] of 2.57.<ref name="Brito-da-CostaDias-da-SilvaGomes2020">{{cite journal | vauthors = Brito-da-Costa AM, Dias-da-Silva D, Gomes NG, Dinis-Oliveira RJ, Madureira-Carvalho Á | title = Toxicokinetics and Toxicodynamics of Ayahuasca Alkaloids N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), Harmine, Harmaline and Tetrahydroharmine: Clinical and Forensic Impact | journal = Pharmaceuticals (Basel) | volume = 13 | issue = 11 | date = October 2020 | page = 334 | pmid = 33114119 | pmc = 7690791 | doi = 10.3390/ph13110334 | doi-access = free | url = }}</ref>