bufotenine

[ byoo-fuh-ten-een, -in ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a hallucinogenic bufotoxin derivative, C 12 H 16 N 2 O, used experimentally for its digitalislike action on the heart.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bufotenine¹

1900–05; < Latin būfo toad + -ten (perhaps < Greek tén ( ōn ) sinew, tendon) + -ine ²