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Peyton Jacob III is an American chemist and pharmacologist who has studied nicotine, methamphetamine, hallucinogens, entactogens, and other psychoactive drugs.[1][2] He is a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).[1][2] Jacob extensively collaborated with and was close friends with Alexander Shulgin, including being part of his research group self-testing new psychedelic compounds.[3][4][2] Among many other contributions, they developed the Shulgin Rating Scale together[5] and methylone was first synthesized and described by the pair in the mid-1990s.[6][7][8]

OthernamesPeyton Jacob the Third; Peyton Jacob the 3rd
Yearsactive1972–present
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Peyton Jacob III
Other namesPeyton Jacob the Third; Peyton Jacob the 3rd
EducationUniversity of California, Davis (B.S.); Purdue University (Ph.D.)
OccupationsChemist; Pharmacologist
Years active1972–present
OrganizationUniversity of California, San Francisco
Websitehttps://tobaccoresearchcenter.ucsf.edu/peyton-jacob-iii-phd
https://cancer.ucsf.edu/people/jacob.peyton
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