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Bufotenin

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Definition: 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.  /biosyn permitted if by toads, mushrooms, etc.   
Pharmacological Action Hallucinogens; Serotonin Antagonists
Examples Methoxydimethyltryptamines 		Other names Mappine; Dimethylserotonin; N,N Dimethyl 5 hydroxytryptamine; 5 Hydroxy N,N dimethyltryptamine; N,N-Dimethyl-5-hydroxytryptamine; Mappin; Bufotenine; 5-Hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
N,N-dimethyl-O-glucopyranuronosyl-5-hydroxytryptamine  17598-73-1   Bufotenin/*analogs & derivatives. Bioorg Khim 1984;10(2):260
cinobufotenine  60657-23-0   Bufotenin/*analogs & derivatives. Br J Pharmacol 1980;69(4):597

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