Bufotoxin

Bufotoxin

Bufotoxins are a family of toxic substances found in the parotoid glands, skin and venom of many toads (genus Bufo); other amphibians; and other plants and mushrooms (Siperstein et al, 1957; Lincoff & Mitchel, 1977; Kibmer & Wichtl, 1986). The exact composition varies greatly with the specific source of the toxin. It can contain: 5-MeO-DMT, bufagins, bufotalin, bufotenine, bufothionine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, and serotonin. The term bufotoxin can also be used specifically to describe the conjugate of a bufagin with suberylargine (Chen & Kovarikova, 1967).

Extract from the skin of certain Asian toads, such as Bufo gargarizans, is often found in certain Chinese folk remedies.

Toads known to secrete bufotoxin are:
* "Bufo alvarius"
* "Bufo americanus"
* "Bufo arenarum"
* "Bufo asper"
* "Bufo blombergi"
* "Bufo bufo"
* "Bufo bufo gargarizans"
* "Bufo formosus"
* "Bufo fowleri"
* "Bufo marinus"
* "Bufo melanostictus"
* "Bufo peltocephalus"
* "Bufo quercicus"
* "Bufo regularis"
* "Bufo valliceps"
* "Bufo viridis"
* "Bufo vulgaris"

External links

*http://www.erowid.org/animals/toads/toads_health1.shtml


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