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bufotenine

bufotenine noun: an alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.

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

Forms of bufotenine

alternative formbufotenin

Origin of bufotenine

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

Questions about bufotenine

What does bufotenine mean?
Bufotenine means an alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
What part of speech is bufotenine?
Bufotenine is a noun.

Words near bufotenine in the dictionary

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

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