Occurrence of bufotenin in the Osteocephalus genus (Anura: Hylidae).
Toxicon September 15, 2005 T O G Costa, R A V Morales, J P Brito et al. 16 citations
Bufotenin (5-hydroxy-N,N-dimetyltryptamine) is a tryptamine alkaloid widely spread among anuran families as a component of their chemical defense system, acting as a potent hallucinogenic factor, showing similar activity to LSD upon interaction with the 5HT2 human receptor. This work demonstrates the presence of bufotenin in the skin secretion of three arboreal amphibian species of the...
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2005.02.006 (opens in new tab)
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Amphibian chemical defenses
Frog toxins
Amphibian venoms
Defensive secretions
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