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Fluids and Secretions > Bodily Secretions > Venoms > Amphibian Venoms > Bufotenin
Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Venoms > Amphibian Venoms > Bufotenin
Complex Mixtures > Venoms > Amphibian Venoms > Bufotenin
Biological Factors > Inflammation Mediators > Autacoids > Serotonin > Bufotenin
... > Organic Chemicals > Amines > Biogenic Amines > Biogenic Monoamines > Tryptamines > Serotonin > Bufotenin
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring > Indoles > Tryptamines > Serotonin > Bufotenin
... > Organic Chemicals > Amines > Biogenic Amines > Biogenic Monoamines > Tryptamines > N,N-Dimethyltryptamine > Bufotenin
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring > Indoles > Tryptamines > N,N-Dimethyltryptamine > Bufotenin

Preferred term

Bufotenin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • 5 Hydroxy N,N dimethyltryptamine
  • 5-Hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine
  • Bufotenine
  • Dimethylserotonin
  • Mappin
  • Mappine
  • N,N Dimethyl 5 hydroxytryptamine
  • N,N-Dimethyl-5-hydroxytryptamine

Note

  • /biosyn permitted if by toads, mushrooms, etc.

Scope note

  • A hallucinogenic serotonin analog found in frog or toad skins, mushrooms, higher plants, and mammals, especially in the brains, plasma, and urine of schizophrenics. Bufotenin has been used as a tool in CNS studies and misused as a psychedelic.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under SEROTONIN 1975-90; was see under HALLUCINOGENS 1966-74

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002027

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