bufotenine

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Etymology[edit]

From French bufoténine, from Latin bufo (toad) + ten- (uncertain element) +‎ -ine.

Noun[edit]

bufotenine (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
    • 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 115:
      In the late 1950s Howard Fabing, a medical doctor, obtained permission to inject bufotenine intravenously into a number of inmates at the Ohio State Penitentiary.

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