This is a quote from a paper – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12559-017-9538-5. If anyone’s interested
‘S (+) isomer is several times more potent than its R (−) enantiomer. The S (+) isomer is known to induce euphoria, whereas enantiomer R (−) causes depression. ‘
I’ve always associated euphoria/depression with sertonin. Can anyone clarify what those two terms are in the brain and how they relate to serotonin?
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Enantiomers are just two molecules that are a mirror image of each other, such that they cannot be superimposed and therefore act slightly differently because of their different configurations, despite containing the same atoms. The left hand-right hand thing is the classic way to explain it.
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