bufotenine

bufotenine

English

Alternative forms

• bufotenin

Etymology

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

Noun

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, p. 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.

Translations

alkaloid

Catalan: bufotenina f