NMR is more useful in stereochem, to determine the structural orientations.
that's not to say NMR isn't useful in this application, but LC/GC-MS is the more standard approach to analyzing the tryptamines.
MS detection also requires much less sample (micro/nanograms vs. milligrams)
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