bufotoxin
nounEtymology Bufo + toxin
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences Any of a family of toxic substances found in toads, other amphibians, and some plants and mushrooms.
- The substance bufotoxin is the chief extract of the toad's venom.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 50:
- Related terms
- bufadienolide, bufagin, bufidin, bufonin, bufogenine, bufosteroid, bufotalin, bufotaline, bufotenine, bufothionine, phrynin