bufotenine

[ byoo-fuh-ten-een, -in ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a hallucinogenic bufotoxin derivative, C 12 H 16 N 2 O, used experimentally for its digitalislike action on the heart.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bufotenine¹

1900–05; < Latin būfo toad + -ten (perhaps < Greek tén ( ōn ) sinew, tendon) + -ine ²

Example Sentences

Instead, they carry a cocktail of psychoactive compounds such as muscimol and even bufotenine, which oddly enough is also secreted by desert toads.

From Salon

The glands of a Bufo alvarius toad secrete psychedelic substances known as 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenine, which are considered controlled substances by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

From Fox News

They identified at least five psychoactive substances: cocaine, benzoylecgonine, bufotenine, harmine, and dimethyltryptamine.

From Science Magazine

Sloan was charged in state court with 20 counts, including unlawful cultivation and distribution of several controlled substances—stimulants such as mescaline, bufotenine, dimethyltryptamine, and lysergic acid amide, which were allegedly being harvested from a series of cactus plants, river toads, tree barks, and Hawaiian baby wood rose seeds, respectively.

From BusinessWeek

He showed that toad venom was good, ancient medicine because it contains unusual concentrations of cholesterol, ergosterol, bufagin, bufotoxin and bufotenine.

From Time Magazine Archive