bufotenine
nounEtymology From French bufoténine, from Latin bufo (“toad”) + ten- (uncertain element) + -ine.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences 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: