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bufotenin

bufotenin is the alternative spelling of bufotenine.

Meaning of bufotenine

Noun

bufotenine (uncountable)

  1. An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
    • 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.1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 115

Questions about bufotenin

What is bufotenin the alternative spelling of?
Bufotenin is the alternative spelling of bufotenine.

Words near bufotenin in the dictionary

  1. bufos
  2. bufosteroid
  3. bufosteroids
  4. bufotalin
  5. bufotalins
  6. bufotenin
  7. bufotenine
  8. bufothionine
  9. bufotoxin
  10. bufotoxins
  11. bufriedo

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